तैल

See also: तिल, तौल, तूलि, तुला, ताला, तल, ताली, and तेल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तैल (taila). Doublet of तेल (tel).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɛːl/

Noun

तैल • (tail) m

1. sesame oil
2. Synonym of तेल (tel, “oil”)

Declension

Declension of तैल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तैल tail	तैल tail
oblique	तैल tail	तैलों tailõ
vocative	तैल tail	तैलो tailo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তৈল (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬿᬮ (Balinese script)
• তৈল (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰹𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑁃𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• တဲလ (Burmese script)
• તૈલ (Gujarati script)
• ਤੈਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑍈𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦻꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂶𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ತೈಲ (Kannada script)
• តៃល (Khmer script)
• ໄຕລ (Lao script)
• തൈല (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᡳᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘺𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠧᠧᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧛𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐿𑐮 (Newa script)
• ତୈଲ (Odia script)
• ꢡꣀꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆽𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖹𑖩 (Siddham script)
• තෛල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩗𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚳𑚥 (Takri script)
• தைல (Tamil script)
• తైల (Telugu script)
• ไตล (Thai script)
• ཏཻ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒻𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨇𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of तिल (tilá, “sesame”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑːj.lɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑj.l̪ɐ/

Noun

तैल • (tailá) stem, n

1. oil
2. (specifically) sesame oil
3. olibanum
4. name (also title or epithet) of a king

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of तैल

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	तैलम् (tailám)	तैले (tailé)	तैलानि (tailā́ni) तैला¹ (tailā́¹)
accusative	तैलम् (tailám)	तैले (tailé)	तैलानि (tailā́ni) तैला¹ (tailā́¹)
instrumental	तैलेन (tailéna)	तैलाभ्याम् (tailā́bhyām)	तैलैः (tailaíḥ) तैलेभिः¹ (tailébhiḥ¹)
dative	तैलाय (tailā́ya)	तैलाभ्याम् (tailā́bhyām)	तैलेभ्यः (tailébhyaḥ)
ablative	तैलात् (tailā́t)	तैलाभ्याम् (tailā́bhyām)	तैलेभ्यः (tailébhyaḥ)
genitive	तैलस्य (tailásya)	तैलयोः (tailáyoḥ)	तैलानाम् (tailā́nām)
locative	तैले (tailé)	तैलयोः (tailáyoḥ)	तैलेषु (tailéṣu)
vocative	तैल (taíla)	तैले (taíle)	तैलानि (taílāni) तैला¹ (taílā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: tela
• Chakma: 𑄖𑄬𑄣𑄴 (tel)
• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: tew
• Prakrit: 𑀢𑁳𑀮𑁆𑀮 (tĕlla) (see there for further descendants)
• → Hajong: তেল (tel)
• → Pashto: تېل (tel)

Learned borrowings from तैल (taila)

• Assamese: তৈল (toil)
• Bengali: তৈল (tōil)
• Tibetan: ཏིལ (til)
• Gujarati: તૈલ (tail)
• Hindustani: taila

  Hindi: तैल

  Urdu: تَیل

• Kannada: ತೈಲ (taila)
• Maithili: tail

  Devanagari script: तैल

  Tirhuta script: 𑒞𑒻𑒪

• Malayalam: തൈലം (tailaṁ)
• Marathi: तैल (tail)
• Marwari:

  Devanagari script: तैल

  Mahajani script: 𑅣𑅑𑅮

• Odia: ତୈଳ (taiḷa)
• Sinhalese: තෛලය (tailaya)
• Tamil: தைலம் (tailam)
• Telugu: తైలము (tailamu)

Further reading

• “तैल॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 209, column 2.
• Monier Williams (1899) “तैल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 455, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tailá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 340