खिळा

Marathi

Etymology

Compare Old Marathi 𑘏𑘱𑘯𑘲 (khiḷī), Sanskrit कील (kīla), किल्ली (killī, “key”), Gujarati ખીલો (khīlo), Hindi कील (kīl).

Noun

खिळा • (khiḷā) m

1. nail, spike

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “खिळा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “खिळा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “खिळा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kīla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press