शिला

See also: शाल, शाला, शील, शूल्, शीला, शूल, and -शाली

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शिला (śilā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.lɑː/, [ʃɪ.läː]
• Hyphenation: शि‧ला

Noun

शिला • (śilā) f (Urdu spelling شلا)

1. stone, rock

Declension

Declension of शिला (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शिला śilā	शिलाएँ śilāẽ
oblique	शिला śilā	शिलाओं śilāõ
vocative	शिला śilā	शिलाओ śilāo

See also

• चट्टान (caṭṭān)
• पत्थर (patthar)

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शिला (śilā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕi.la/
• Hyphenation: शि‧ला

Noun

शिला • (śilā) ?

1. stone

See also

• दगड (dagaḍ)
• पत्थर (patthar)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শিলা (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬶᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
• শিলা (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰰𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀺𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ၐိလာ (Burmese script)
• શિલા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਿਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌿𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦶꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂱𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಿಲಾ (Kannada script)
• ឝិលា (Khmer script)
• ຨິລາ (Lao script)
• ശിലാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡳᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘱𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠢᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧒𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐶𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଶିଲା (Odia script)
• ꢯꢶꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆴𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖰𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ශිලා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩑𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚮𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஶிலா (Tamil script)
• శిలా (Telugu script)
• ศิลา (Thai script)
• ཤི་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒱𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨁𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱHl-eh₂, which, if correct, is also the source of Old Armenian սալ (sal, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕi.lɑ́ː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.l̪ɑː/

Noun

शिला • (śilā) stem, f

1. stone, rock, crag (Av.)
2. red arsenic (Suśr.)
3. camphor (L.)
4. vein, tendon (L.)
5. top of the pillar supporting a house (L.)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शिला (śilā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शिला śilā	शिले śile	शिलाः śilāḥ
Vocative	शिले śile	शिले śile	शिलाः śilāḥ
Accusative	शिलाम् śilām	शिले śile	शिलाः śilāḥ
Instrumental	शिलया / शिला¹ śilayā / śilā¹	शिलाभ्याम् śilābhyām	शिलाभिः śilābhiḥ
Dative	शिलायै śilāyai	शिलाभ्याम् śilābhyām	शिलाभ्यः śilābhyaḥ
Ablative	शिलायाः / शिलायै² śilāyāḥ / śilāyai²	शिलाभ्याम् śilābhyām	शिलाभ्यः śilābhyaḥ
Genitive	शिलायाः / शिलायै² śilāyāḥ / śilāyai²	शिलयोः śilayoḥ	शिलानाम् śilānām
Locative	शिलायाम् śilāyām	शिलयोः śilayoḥ	शिलासु śilāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: شیل (śēl)
  • Shina: شل (šil)
• Pali: silā
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀸 (silā)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: સળ (saḷ), સલી (salī), સળાડ઼ી (saḷāṛī), સળાડ઼ૂં (saḷāṛū̃)
      • Hindustani: sil
        • Hindi: सिल, सिली
        • Urdu: سِل, سِلِی
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Bengali: শিল (śil)
      • Assamese: শিল (xil)
      • Sylheti: ꠢꠤꠟ (hil)
      • Odia: ସିଳ (siḷô), ସିଳା (siḷa)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Kumaoni: सिली (silī), सिलो (silo)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: सिलि (sili)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ހިލަ (hila)
      • Sinhalese: සෙල (sela), සල (sala)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: शिळ (śiḷ)
  • Western:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
      • Punjabi: sil

        Gurmukhi script: ਸਿਲ

        Shahmukhi script: سِلَ

        • Lahnda: سلھ (silh)
    • Vracada Apabhramsa:
      • Sindhi: sira

        Arabic script: سِرَ

        Devanagari script: सिर

• → Hindi: शिला (śilā)
• → Marathi: शिला (śilā)
• → Old Javanese: śilā
  • Javanese: ꦱꦺꦭ (séla)
  • → Balinese: ᬰᬶᬮᬵ (sila)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शिला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1073/1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sila”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 722