शल्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শল্য (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬮ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• শল্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰩𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀮𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ၐလျ (Burmese script)
• શલ્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਲ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌲𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦭꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂪𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಲ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• ឝល្យ (Khmer script)
• ຨລ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ശല്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᠯᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘩𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᠯᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧉𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐮𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଶଲ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢭ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆬𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖩𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ශල්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩽 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚥𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஶல்ய (Tamil script)
• శల్య (Telugu script)
• ศลฺย (Thai script)
• ཤ་ལྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒪𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨬𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel(h₃)-. Compare Ancient Greek κῆλον (kêlon, “shafts (of arrows)”), Old Prussian kelian (“spear”), Old Norse hali, Albanian thel.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐl.jɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐl̪.jɐ/

Noun

शल्य • (śalyá) stem, m or n

1. a dart, javelin, lance, spear, iron-headed weapon, pike, arrow

Noun

शल्य • (śalyá) stem, m

1. anything tormenting or causing pain (as a thorn, sting)
2. (Medicine) any extraneous substance lodged in the body and causing pain (e.g. a splinter, pin, stone in the bladder)

Proper noun

शल्य • (śalyá) stem, m

1. a male given name, especially that of the king of Madra in the Mahabharata

Descendants

• → Hindi: शल्य (śalya)
• → Kannada: ಶಲ್ಯ (śalya)
• → Marathi: शल्य (śalya)
• → Odia: ଶଲ୍ୟ (śalya)
• → Telugu: శల్యుడు (śalyuḍu)
• → Tamil: ஶல்யம் (śalyam)
• → Urdu: شَلیَہ (śalya)