शाला

See also: शाल, शील, शिला, शूल्, शीला, शूल, and -शाली

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শালা (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬵᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
• শালা (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰯𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ၐာလာ (Burmese script)
• શાલા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਾਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌾𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂰𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಾಲಾ (Kannada script)
• ឝាលា (Khmer script)
• ຨາລາ (Lao script)
• ശാലാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘰𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧑𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐵𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଶାଲା (Odia script)
• ꢯꢵꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆳𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖯𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ශාලා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩛𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚭𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஶாலா (Tamil script)
• శాలా (Telugu script)
• ศาลา (Thai script)
• ཤཱ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒰𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨊𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱol-eh₂, from *ḱel- (“to cover, protect”). Cognate with Latin cella (“room”) and Old English heall (whence English hall).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɑ́ː.lɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɑː.l̪ɑː/

Noun

शाला॑ • (śā́lā) stem, f

1. a house, mansion, building, hall, large room, apartment, shed, workshop, stable, etc.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शाला॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शाला॑ (śā́lā)	शाले॑ (śā́le)	शालाः॑ (śā́lāḥ)
accusative	शाला॑म् (śā́lām)	शाले॑ (śā́le)	शालाः॑ (śā́lāḥ)
instrumental	शाल॑या (śā́layā) शाला॑¹ (śā́lā¹)	शाला॑भ्याम् (śā́lābhyām)	शाला॑भिः (śā́lābhiḥ)
dative	शाला॑यै (śā́lāyai)	शाला॑भ्याम् (śā́lābhyām)	शाला॑भ्यः (śā́lābhyaḥ)
ablative	शाला॑याः (śā́lāyāḥ) शाला॑यै² (śā́lāyai²)	शाला॑भ्याम् (śā́lābhyām)	शाला॑भ्यः (śā́lābhyaḥ)
genitive	शाला॑याः (śā́lāyāḥ) शाला॑यै² (śā́lāyai²)	शाल॑योः (śā́layoḥ)	शाला॑नाम् (śā́lānām)
locative	शाला॑याम् (śā́lāyām)	शाल॑योः (śā́layoḥ)	शाला॑सु (śā́lāsu)
vocative	शाले॑ (śā́le)	शाले॑ (śā́le)	शालाः॑ (śā́lāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• पर्णशाला f (parṇaśālā, “arbour”)
• पाठशाला f (pāṭhaśālā, “school, place of learning”)
• संगीतशाला f (saṃgītaśālā, “music hall”)

Related terms

• शर्मन् (śárman, “shelter”)
• शाल (śālá, “being in a house; enclosure”)

Descendants

• Assamese: শাল (xal), শালি (xali)
• Hindi: साल (sāl)
• Marathi: शाळा (śāḷā)
• Sinhalese: සල (sala)
• Urdu: سال (sāl)
• → Bengali: -শালা (-śala) (learned)
• → Hindi: शाला (śālā)
• → Kannada: ಶಾಲೆ (śāle)
• → Khmer: សាលា (saalaa)
• → Old Javanese: śāla
  • Javanese: ꦱꦭ (sala)
• → Tamil: சாலை (cālai)
• → Telugu: శాల (śāla)
• → Thai: ศาล (sǎan), ศาลา (sǎa-laa)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “शाला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1067, column 1.