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बिल

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Hindi

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀺𑀮 (bila), from Sanskrit बिल (bíla). Cognate with Assamese বিল (bil, lake) and Marathi बीळ (bīḷ, hole).

Noun

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बिल (bilm (Urdu spelling بِل)

  1. hole
    Synonym: छेद (ched)
Declension
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Declension of बिल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct बिल
bil
बिल
bil
oblique बिल
bil
बिलों
bilõ
vocative बिल
bil
बिलो
bilo

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English bill.

Noun

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बिल (bilm (Urdu spelling بِل)

  1. check, bill
  2. (law) bill
Declension
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Declension of बिल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct बिल
bil
बिल
bil
oblique बिल
bil
बिलों
bilõ
vocative बिल
bil
बिलो
bilo
Synonyms
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References

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Old Gujarati

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit बिल (bila).

Noun

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बिल (bila)

  1. hole, den

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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बिल n

  1. Devanagari script form of bila

Declension

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Of unclear origin.[1]

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (to dig, cut off?) and connected with Irish bealach (way, road), Welsh bwlch (gap, pass), and Old Armenian պեղեմ (pełem, to dig, hollow).[2][3] However, Mayrhofer is skeptical of this derivation, and prefers to take the word as a Dravidian borrowing (as per Burrow, Kuiper, and Turner), comparing Malayalam വിള്ളല് (viḷḷalŭ, crack, cavity) and Tamil விள்ளு (viḷḷu, to burst open)[4][5]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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बिल (bíla) stemn

  1. a cave, hole, pit, opening, aperture
  2. the hollow (of a dish), bowl (of a spoon or ladle)

Declension

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Neuter a-stem declension of बिल
singular dual plural
nominative बिलम् (bílam) बिले (bíle) बिलानि (bílāni)
बिला¹ (bílā¹)
accusative बिलम् (bílam) बिले (bíle) बिलानि (bílāni)
बिला¹ (bílā¹)
instrumental बिलेन (bílena) बिलाभ्याम् (bílābhyām) बिलैः (bílaiḥ)
बिलेभिः¹ (bílebhiḥ¹)
dative बिलाय (bílāya) बिलाभ्याम् (bílābhyām) बिलेभ्यः (bílebhyaḥ)
ablative बिलात् (bílāt) बिलाभ्याम् (bílābhyām) बिलेभ्यः (bílebhyaḥ)
genitive बिलस्य (bílasya) बिलयोः (bílayoḥ) बिलानाम् (bílānām)
locative बिले (bíle) बिलयोः (bílayoḥ) बिलेषु (bíleṣu)
vocative बिल (bíla) बिले (bíle) बिलानि (bílāni)
बिला¹ (bílā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 225
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 96
  3. ^ Petersson, Herbert (1916) “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 47, number 3/4, pages 264–265
  4. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 431-2
  5. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bila”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press