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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शील (śīla).

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शील (śīlm (Urdu spelling شیل)

  1. character, nature
  2. virtuous nature
  3. virtuous, moral or decent conduct, morality
  4. moral quality or principle

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Probably a derivative of शी (śī, to lie down, rest), with semantic interpretation as "that (such as morals, customs, and personal philosophy) which rests (firmly or unchangingly) within someone". "the moral ways that rest (within a person or society)".[1]

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शील (śī́la) stemn

  1. conduct, disposition, nature, tendency
  2. custom, practice, natural or acquired way of living or acting
  3. beauty, form
  4. (Buddhism) morality, virtue

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Neuter a-stem declension of शील
Nom. sg. शीलम् (śīlam)
Gen. sg. शीलस्य (śīlasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शीलम् (śīlam) शीले (śīle) शीलानि (śīlāni)
Vocative शील (śīla) शीले (śīle) शीलानि (śīlāni)
Accusative शीलम् (śīlam) शीले (śīle) शीलानि (śīlāni)
Instrumental शीलेन (śīlena) शीलाभ्याम् (śīlābhyām) शीलैः (śīlaiḥ)
Dative शीलाय (śīlāya) शीलाभ्याम् (śīlābhyām) शीलेभ्यः (śīlebhyaḥ)
Ablative शीलात् (śīlāt) शीलाभ्याम् (śīlābhyām) शीलेभ्यः (śīlebhyaḥ)
Genitive शीलस्य (śīlasya) शीलयोः (śīlayoḥ) शीलानाम् (śīlānām)
Locative शीले (śīle) शीलयोः (śīlayoḥ) शीलेषु (śīleṣu)

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “śī́la-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 644

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