किलकिलाय

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কিলকিলায় (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬶᬮᬓᬶᬮᬵᬬ (Balinese script)
• কিলকিলায় (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰰𑰩𑰎𑰰𑰩𑰯𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀺𑀮𑀓𑀺𑀮𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ကိလကိလာယ (Burmese script)
• કિલકિલાય (Gujarati script)
• ਕਿਲਕਿਲਾਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌿𑌲𑌕𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦶꦭꦏꦶꦭꦴꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂱𑂪𑂍𑂱𑂪𑂰𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಿಲಕಿಲಾಯ (Kannada script)
• កិលកិលាយ (Khmer script)
• ກິລກິລາຍ (Lao script)
• കിലകിലായ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡳᠯᠠᡬᡳᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘱𑘩𑘎𑘱𑘩𑘰𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠢᠯᠠᢉᠢᠯᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧒𑧉𑦮𑧒𑧉𑧑𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐶𑐮𑐎𑐶𑐮𑐵𑐫 (Newa script)
• କିଲକିଲାଯ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢶꢭꢒꢶꢭꢵꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆴𑆬𑆑𑆴𑆬𑆳𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖰𑖩𑖎𑖰𑖩𑖯𑖧 (Siddham script)
• කිලකිලාය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩑𑩽𑩜𑩑𑩽𑩛𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚮𑚥𑚊𑚮𑚥𑚭𑚣 (Takri script)
• கிலகிலாய (Tamil script)
• కిలకిలాయ (Telugu script)
• กิลกิลาย (Thai script)
• ཀི་ལ་ཀི་ལཱ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒱𑒪𑒏𑒱𑒪𑒰𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨁𑨬𑨋𑨁𑨬𑨊𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic; compare Telugu కిలకిల (kilakila​, “sound of laughter”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ki.lɐ.ki.lɑː.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ki.l̪ɐ.kiˈl̪ɑː.jɐ/

Root

किलकिलाय • (kilakilāya)

1. to raise sounds expressing joy
2. to cry, give a shriek

Derived terms

• किलकिलायति (kilakilāyati)
• किलकिलायते (kilakilāyate)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “किलकिलाय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 284/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 91-92