तैल

See also: तिल, तौल, तूलि, तुला, ताला, तल, ताली, and तेल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तैल (taila). Doublet of तेल (tel).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɛːl/

Noun

तैल • (tail) m

1. sesame oil
2. Synonym of तेल (tel, “oil”)

Declension

	singular	plural
direct	तैल tail	तैल tail
oblique	तैल tail	तैलों tailõ
vocative	तैल tail	तैलो tailo

Declension of तैल (masc cons-stem)

Sanskrit

Sanskrit Wikipedia has an article on:

तैलम्

Wikipedia ^sa

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তৈল (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬿᬮ (Balinese script)
• তৈল (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰹𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑁃𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• တဲလ (Burmese script)
• તૈલ (Gujarati script)
• ਤੈਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑍈𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦻꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂶𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ತೈಲ (Kannada script)
• តៃល (Khmer script)
• ໄຕລ (Lao script)
• തൈല (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᡳᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘺𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠧᠧᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧛𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐿𑐮 (Newa script)
• ତୈଲ (Odia script)
• ꢡꣀꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆽𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖹𑖩 (Siddham script)
• තෛල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩗𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚳𑚥 (Takri script)
• தைல (Tamil script)
• తైల (Telugu script)
• ไตล (Thai script)
• ཏཻ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒻𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨇𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of तिल (tilá, “sesame”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑːj.lɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɑj.l̪ɐ/

Noun

तैल • (tailá) stem, n

1. oil
2. (specifically) sesame oil
3. olibanum
4. name (also title or epithet) of a king

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of तैल (tailá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तैलम् tailám	तैले tailé	तैलानि / तैला¹ tailā́ni / tailā́¹
Vocative	तैल taíla	तैले taíle	तैलानि / तैला¹ taílāni / taílā¹
Accusative	तैलम् tailám	तैले tailé	तैलानि / तैला¹ tailā́ni / tailā́¹
Instrumental	तैलेन tailéna	तैलाभ्याम् tailā́bhyām	तैलैः / तैलेभिः¹ tailaíḥ / tailébhiḥ¹
Dative	तैलाय tailā́ya	तैलाभ्याम् tailā́bhyām	तैलेभ्यः tailébhyaḥ
Ablative	तैलात् tailā́t	तैलाभ्याम् tailā́bhyām	तैलेभ्यः tailébhyaḥ
Genitive	तैलस्य tailásya	तैलयोः tailáyoḥ	तैलानाम् tailā́nām
Locative	तैले tailé	तैलयोः tailáyoḥ	तैलेषु tailéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: tela
• Chakma: 𑄖𑄬𑄣𑄴 (tel)
• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: tew
• Prakrit: 𑀢𑁳𑀮𑁆𑀮 (tĕlla) (see there for further descendants)
• → Hajong: তেল (tel)
• → Pashto: تېل (tel)

Learned borrowings from तैल (taila)

• Assamese: তৈল (toil)
• Bengali: তৈল (tōil)
• Tibetan: ཏིལ (til)
• Gujarati: તૈલ (tail)
• Hindustani: taila

  Hindi: तैल

  Urdu: تَیل

• Kannada: ತೈಲ (taila)
• Maithili: tail

  Devanagari script: तैल

  Tirhuta script: 𑒞𑒻𑒪

• Malayalam: തൈലം (tailaṁ)
• Marathi: तैल (tail)
• Marwari:

  Devanagari script: तैल

  Mahajani script: 𑅣𑅑𑅮

• Odia: ତୈଳ (taiḷa)
• Sinhalese: තෛලය (tailaya)
• Tamil: தைலம் (tailam)
• Telugu: తైలము (tailamu)

Further reading

• “तैल॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 209, column 2.
• Monier Williams (1899) “तैल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 455, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tailá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 340