स्थल

See also: स्थल्

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्थल (sthala).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /st̪ʰəl/, [s̪t̪ʰəl̪]
• Rhymes: -əl

Noun

स्थल • (sthal) m

1. land, ground; place

   Synonyms: ज़मीन (zamīn), भूमि (bhūmi)

2. dry land, parched soil

   स्थल में मीलों तक पानी नहीं मिलता है।

   sthal mẽ mīlõ tak pānī nahī̃ miltā hai.

   Water is not to be found for miles in arid land.

Declension

Declension of स्थल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	स्थल sthal	स्थल sthal
oblique	स्थल sthal	स्थलों sthalõ
vocative	स्थल sthal	स्थलो sthalo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬲ᭄ᬣᬮ (Balinese script)
• স্থল (Assamese script)
• স্থল (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰞𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀣𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌲 (Grantha script)
• સ્થલ (Gujarati script)
• ਸੑਥਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦡꦭ (Javanese script)
• ស្ថល (Khmer script)
• ಸ್ಥಲ (Kannada script)
• ສ຺ຖລ (Lao script)
• സ്ഥല (Malayalam script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘞𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠲᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᠰᡨᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• သ္ထလ (Burmese script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑦾𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐠𑐮 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ଥଲ (Oriya script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢢꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆡𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖞𑖩 (Siddham script)
• ස්ථල (Sinhalese script)
• స్థల (Telugu script)
• สฺถล (Thai script)
• སྠ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒟𑒪 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From स्थल् (sthal, “to stand, to be firm”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- or *stel-.

Noun

स्थल • (sthala) m

1. chapter, section (of a book)
2. name of a son of बल (bala)
3. (स्थला (sthalā)), a heap of artificially raised earth, mound

Noun

स्थल • (sthala) n

1. = स्थली (sthalī) above
2. dry land (opp. to damp low-land), firm earth (opp. to water)
3. ground, soil, place, spot
4. a flat surface, roof (of a palace)
5. situation, circumstance, case

   तथाविध-स्थले ― tathāvidha-sthale ― in such a case

6. topic, subject
7. text

Descendants

• → Telugu: స్థలము (sthalamu)

References

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.