बिल्व

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बिल्व

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बिल्व

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बिल्व (bilva).

Noun

बिल्व • (bilv) m

bael fruit tree, bel, Bengal quince (Aegle marmelos)^[1]
Synonyms: बेल (bel), श्रीफल (śrīphal), शोण्डिल्य (śoṇḍilya), शैलूष (śailūṣ), मालूर (mālūr), गन्धगर्भ (gandhagarbh), सदाफल (sadāphal), महाकपित्थ (mahākpitth), ग्रन्थिल (granthil), सिरफल (sirphal)

Declension

Declension of बिल्व (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बिल्व bilv	बिल्व bilv
oblique	बिल्व bilv	बिल्वों bilvõ
vocative	बिल्व bilv	बिल्वो bilvo

Meronyms

(leaf) बिल्वपत्र (bilvapatra)

References

^ कुमार, अजय, सिंघल, टीना (n.d.) भेषज दर्पण (सचित्र)‎^[1] (in Hindi), →ISBN, page 37

Marathi

बिल्व

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बिल्व (bilva).

Noun

बिल्व • (bilva) m

bael fruit tree (Aegle marmelos)^[1]
Synonym: बेल (bel)
leaf of bael fruit tree^[1]
Synonym: बेल (bel)
bael fruit, Bengal quince^[1]
Synonyms: बेल (bel), बेलफळ (belphaḷ), श्रीफल (śrīphal), श्रीफळ (śrīphaḷ), (unripe) बाळबेल (bāḷbel)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Molesworth, James T. (1831) A Dictionary Muraṭ,hee & English‎^[2], Bombay, page 738

Sanskrit

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बिल्वः

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बिल्वः

Alternative forms

विल्व (vilva)

Alternative scripts

বিল্ব (Assamese script)
ᬩᬶᬮ᭄ᬯ (Balinese script)
বিল্ব (Bengali script)
𑰤𑰰𑰩𑰿𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀩𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀯 (Brahmi script)
ဗိလွ (Burmese script)
બિલ્વ (Gujarati script)
ਬਿਲ੍ਵ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌬𑌿𑌲𑍍𑌵 (Grantha script)
ꦧꦶꦭ꧀ꦮ (Javanese script)
𑂥𑂱𑂪𑂹𑂫 (Kaithi script)
ಬಿಲ್ವ (Kannada script)
ពិល្វ (Khmer script)
ພິລ຺ວ (Lao script)
ബില്വ (Malayalam script)
ᠪᡳᠯᠣᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘤𑘱𑘩𑘿𑘪 (Modi script)
ᠪᠢᠯᢦ (Mongolian script)
𑧄𑧒𑧉𑧠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
𑐧𑐶𑐮𑑂𑐰 (Newa script)
ବିଲ୍ଵ (Odia script)
ꢨꢶꢭ꣄ꢮ (Saurashtra script)
𑆧𑆴𑆬𑇀𑆮 (Sharada script)
𑖤𑖰𑖩𑖿𑖪 (Siddham script)
බිල‍්ව (Sinhalese script)
𑩲𑩑𑩽 𑪙𑩾 (Soyombo script)
𑚠𑚮𑚥𑚶𑚦 (Takri script)
பி³ல்வ (Tamil script)
బిల్వ (Telugu script)
พิลฺว (Thai script)
བི་ལྭ (Tibetan script)
𑒥𑒱𑒪𑓂𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
𑨠𑨁𑨬𑩇𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From a Pre-Indo-Aryan substrate language,^[1] possibly Dravidian; compare Tamil விளா (viḷā), வெள்ளில் (veḷḷil).^[2]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bil.ʋɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbil̪.ʋɐ/

Noun

बिल्व • (bilva) stem, m

bael fruit tree, bel, Bengal quince (Aegle marmelos)^[3]
Synonyms: कपीतन (kapītana), कर्कोटक (karkoṭaka), मालूर (mālūra), शाण्डिल्य (śāṇḍilya), शैलूष (śailūṣa), श्रीफल (śrīphala)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of बिल्व
Nom. sg.	बिल्वः (bilvaḥ)
Gen. sg.	बिल्वस्य (bilvasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बिल्वः (bilvaḥ)	बिल्वौ (bilvau)	बिल्वाः (bilvāḥ)
Vocative	बिल्व (bilva)	बिल्वौ (bilvau)	बिल्वाः (bilvāḥ)
Accusative	बिल्वम् (bilvam)	बिल्वौ (bilvau)	बिल्वान् (bilvān)
Instrumental	बिल्वेन (bilvena)	बिल्वाभ्याम् (bilvābhyām)	बिल्वैः (bilvaiḥ)
Dative	बिल्वाय (bilvāya)	बिल्वाभ्याम् (bilvābhyām)	बिल्वेभ्यः (bilvebhyaḥ)
Ablative	बिल्वात् (bilvāt)	बिल्वाभ्याम् (bilvābhyām)	बिल्वेभ्यः (bilvebhyaḥ)
Genitive	बिल्वस्य (bilvasya)	बिल्वयोः (bilvayoḥ)	बिल्वानाम् (bilvānām)
Locative	बिल्वे (bilve)	बिल्वयोः (bilvayoḥ)	बिल्वेषु (bilveṣu)

Derived terms

बैल्व (bailva, adjective and noun)

Descendants

Kashmiri:
- Devanagari script: ब्यल् (byal), बिल् (bil)
- Arabic script: بِل (bil)
Prakrit: 𑀩𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (billa)
- Gujarati: બીલ (bīl)
- Hindi: बील (bīl)
- Punjabi: ਬਿਲ (bil)
Pali: billa
→ Bengali: বিল্ব (billo)
→ English: bilwa, vilwa
→ Hindi: बिल्व (bilv)
→ Mon: ဗဳ (bī) (semi-learned)
→ Marathi: बिल्व (bilva)
→ Tamil: வில்வம் (vilvam)
→ Telugu: బిల్వము (bilvamu)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[3] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 226
^ Witzel, Michael (1999) “Substrate Languages in Old Indo-Aryan (Ṛgvedic, Middle and Late Vedic)”, in Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies, volume 5, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 35.
^ Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎^[4], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2038

Apte, Macdonell (2022) “बिल्व”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]

[1] कुमार, अजय, सिंघल, टीना (n.d.) भेषज दर्पण (सचित्र)‎^[1] (in Hindi), →ISBN, page 37

[jtm-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Molesworth, James T. (1831) A Dictionary Muraṭ,hee & English‎^[2], Bombay, page 738

[3] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[3] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 226

[4] Witzel, Michael (1999) “Substrate Languages in Old Indo-Aryan (Ṛgvedic, Middle and Late Vedic)”, in Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies, volume 5, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 35.

[gch-5] Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎^[4], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2038

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