तेल

See also: तल, तौल, तूलि, तिल, तुला, ताला, and ताली

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑁂𑀮 (tela), from Sanskrit तैल (taila). Cognate with Gujarati તેલ (tel), Bengali তেল (tel). Doublet of तैल (tail).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪eːl/, [t̪eːl̪]
• Rhymes: -eːl

Noun

तेल • (tel) m (Urdu spelling تیل‎)

1. oil
2. vegetable oil

Declension

Declension of तेल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तेल tel	तेल tel
oblique	तेल tel	तेलों telõ
vocative	तेल tel	तेलो telo

Descendants

• → Pashto: تېل‎ (tel)

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Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi तेल (tela), from Sanskrit तैल (taila).

Noun

तेल • (tel) n

1. oil

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “तेल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “तेल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “तेल”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tailá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• tela (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑁂𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• তেল (Bengali script)
• තෙල (Sinhalese script)
• တေလ (Burmese script)
• เตล or เตละ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩮᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຕລ or ເຕລະ (Lao script)
• តេល (Khmer script)

Noun

तेल n

1. Devanagari script form of tela (“oil”)

Declension

Declension table of "तेल" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	तेलं (telaṃ)	तेलानि (telāni)
Accusative (second)	तेलं (telaṃ)	तेलानि (telāni)
Instrumental (third)	तेलेन (telena)	तेलेहि (telehi) or तेलेभि (telebhi)
Dative (fourth)	तेलस्स (telassa) or तेलाय (telāya) or तेलत्थं (telatthaṃ)	तेलानं (telānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	तेलस्मा (telasmā) or तेलम्हा (telamhā) or तेला (telā)	तेलेहि (telehi) or तेलेभि (telebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	तेलस्स (telassa)	तेलानं (telānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	तेलस्मिं (telasmiṃ) or तेलम्हि (telamhi) or तेले (tele)	तेलेसु (telesu)
Vocative (calling)	तेल (tela)	तेलानि (telāni)