ਤੇਲ

Punjabi

Etymology

From Sanskrit तैल (taila).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ਤੇਲ • (tel) m (Shahmukhi spelling تيل)

1. oil
2. petroleum

   Synonyms: ਕੱਚਾ ਤੇਲ (kaccā tel), ਖਣਿਜ ਤੇਲ (khaṇij tel), ਪਟਰੋਲੀਅਮ (paṭrolīama)

Derived terms

• ਤੇਲੀ m (telī, “oilman”)
• ਤੇਲੀਆ m (telīā, “Indian aconite”)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tailá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 340
• “ਤੇਲ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026