बिल

Hindi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪl/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bill.

Noun

बिल • (bil) m

1. check, bill
2. (law) bill

Declension

Declension of बिल
	Singular	Plural
Direct	बिल (bil)	बिल (bil)
Oblique	बिल (bil)	बिलों (bilõ)
Vocative	बिल (bil)	बिलो (bilo)

Etymology 2

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀺𑀮 (bila), from Sanskrit बिल (bíla). Cognate with Assamese বিল (bil, “lake”)

Noun

बिल • (bil) m

1. hole

   Synonym: छेद (ched)

Declension

Declension of बिल
	Singular	Plural
Direct	बिल (bil)	बिल (bil)
Oblique	बिल (bil)	बिलों (bilõ)
Vocative	बिल (bil)	बिलो (bilo)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Old Gujarati

Etymology

From Sanskrit बिल (bila).

Noun

बिल (transliteration needed)

1. hole, den

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• bila (Latin script)
• 𑀩𑀺𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• বিল (Bengali script)
• බිල (Sinhalese script)
• ဗိလ (Burmese script)
• พิล or พิละ (Thai script)
• ᨻᩥᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ພິລ or ພິລະ (Lao script)
• ពិល (Khmer script)

Noun

बिल n

1. Devanagari script form of bila

Declension

Declension table of "बिल" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	बिलं	बिलानि
Accusative (second)	बिलं	बिलानि
Instrumental (third)	बिलेन	बिलेहि or बिलेभि
Dative (fourth)	बिलस्स or बिलाय or बिलत्थं	बिलानं
Ablative (fifth)	बिलस्मा or बिलम्हा or बिला	बिलेहि or बिलेभि
Genitive (sixth)	बिलस्स	बिलानं
Locative (seventh)	बिलस्मिं or बिलम्हि or बिले	बिलेसु
Vocative (calling)	बिल	बिलानि

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Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bí.l̪ɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.l̪ɐ/

Noun

बिल • (bíla) n

1. hole

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of बिल (bíla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बिलम् bílam	बिले bíle	बिलानि / बिला¹ bílāni / bílā¹
Vocative	बिल bíla	बिले bíle	बिलानि / बिला¹ bílāni / bílā¹
Accusative	बिलम् bílam	बिले bíle	बिलानि / बिला¹ bílāni / bílā¹
Instrumental	बिलेन bílena	बिलाभ्याम् bílābhyām	बिलैः / बिलेभिः¹ bílaiḥ / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Tamil: பிலம் (pilam)