See also: दाल and दल

Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil). First attested as Old Hindi दिल (dila). Doublet of हृदय (hŕday). Cognate with Assamese ডিল (dil), Bengali দিল (dil), Odia ଦିଲ (dila), Maithili दिल (dil), Marathi दिल (dil), Gujarati દિલ (dil), Marwari दिल (dil), Punjabi ਦਿਲ (dil), Sindhi دِلُ (dilu).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d̪ɪl/, /d̪il/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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दिल (dilm (Urdu spelling دِل)

  1. heart (organ)
  2. mind
  3. soul
  4. spirit, valour
  5. feelings, emotions

Declension

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Synonyms

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Further reading

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil). Doublet of हृदय (hŕday).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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दिल (dilm

  1. heart, mind
    Synonyms: अंतःकरण (antaḥkaraṇ), मन (man), हृदय (hŕday)

Further reading

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  • Berntsen, Maxine, “दिल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 68.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दिल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 412
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “दिल”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1654.

Old Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil). Doublet of हिरदै (hiradai). Compare Old Punjabi ਦਿਲੁ (dilu).

Noun

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दिल (dila)

  1. heart

Descendants

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  • Hindustani: dil
    Hindi: दिल
    Urdu: دِل (dil)

Further reading

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  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 539