एला

Newar

Etymology

From Sanskrit एला (elā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ela]

Noun

एला • (elā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐊𑐮𑐵)

1. cardamom

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• एलि (eli)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• এলা (Assamese script)
• ᬏᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
• এলা (Bengali script)
• 𑰊𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀏𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဧလာ (Burmese script)
• એલા (Gujarati script)
• ਏਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌏𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦌꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂉𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಏಲಾ (Kannada script)
• ឯលា (Khmer script)
• ເອລາ (Lao script)
• ഏലാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡝᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘊𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠧᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦪𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐊𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଏଲା (Odia script)
• ꢍꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆍𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖊𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
• එලා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩔𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚆𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஏலா (Tamil script)
• ఏలా (Telugu script)
• เอลา (Thai script)
• ཨེ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒋𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨄𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *ēla (“cardamom”). Compare also Tamil ஏலம் (ēlam), Malayalam ഏലം (ēlaṁ) and Telugu ఏల (ēla).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐj.lɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.l̪ɑː/

Noun

एला • (elā) stem, f

1. cardamom

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of एला
Nom. sg.	एला (elā)
Gen. sg.	एलायाः (elāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	एला (elā)	एले (ele)	एलाः (elāḥ)
Vocative	एले (ele)	एले (ele)	एलाः (elāḥ)
Accusative	एलाम् (elām)	एले (ele)	एलाः (elāḥ)
Instrumental	एलया (elayā)	एलाभ्याम् (elābhyām)	एलाभिः (elābhiḥ)
Dative	एलायै (elāyai)	एलाभ्याम् (elābhyām)	एलाभ्यः (elābhyaḥ)
Ablative	एलायाः (elāyāḥ)	एलाभ्याम् (elābhyām)	एलाभ्यः (elābhyaḥ)
Genitive	एलायाः (elāyāḥ)	एलयोः (elayoḥ)	एलानाम् (elānām)
Locative	एलायाम् (elāyām)	एलयोः (elayoḥ)	एलासु (elāsu)

Descendants

• Konkani: एळु (ailu), येळु (yelu)
• Kashmiri: ٲل (ạ̄l), ॴल (ạ̄l)
• Bengali: এলা (ela)
• Gujarati: લીલા (līlā)
• Old Marathi: एळा (eḷā), वेळा (veḷā)
  • Marathi: एळा (eḷā), वेळा (veḷā)
• Newar: एला (elā)
• → Classical Mongolian: ᠧᠯᠡ (ēle)
• → Pashto: اېل (el)
• → Persian: هل (hel)
• → Tibetan: ཨེ་ལ (e la)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “एला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 232/2..