खल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• খল (Assamese script)
• ᬔᬮ (Balinese script)
• খল (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ခလ (Burmese script)
• ખલ (Gujarati script)
• ਖਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಖಲ (Kannada script)
• ខល (Khmer script)
• ຂລ (Lao script)
• ഖല (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଖଲ (Odia script)
• ꢓꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖩 (Siddham script)
• ඛල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚥 (Takri script)
• க²ல (Tamil script)
• ఖల (Telugu script)
• ขล (Thai script)
• ཁ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɐ.l̪ɐ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kaḷam.

Noun

खल • (khala) stem, ?

1. an open place (threshing floor)
2. oil-cake

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kaḷ-.

Noun

खल • (khala) stem, ?

1. wicked person, rogue

Declension

Declension of खल
Nom. sg.	—
Gen. sg.	—
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	—	—	—
Vocative	—	—	—
Accusative	—	—	—
Instrumental	—	—	—
Dative	—	—	—
Ablative	—	—	—
Genitive	—	—	—
Locative	—	—	—

Descendants

• Pali: khala
• Odia: ଖଳ (khaḷa), ଖଳା (khaḷā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “खल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0260.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “खल”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]