इल्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ইল্ (Assamese script)
• ᬇᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ইল্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဣလ် (Burmese script)
• ઇલ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਇਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌇𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦆꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂅𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಇಲ್ (Kannada script)
• ឥល៑ (Khmer script)
• ອິລ຺ (Lao script)
• ഇല് (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᠯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘂𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠯ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦢𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଇଲ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢄꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඉල් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚂𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
• இல் (Tamil script)
• ఇల్ (Telugu script)
• อิลฺ (Thai script)
• ཨི་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (“to drive, move, go”). Compare Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to drive”), Latin alacer (“lively, active, brisk”), Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to spurn, drive”), *lanō (“lane”)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /il/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /il̪/

Root

इल् • (il)

1. to come, send, cast
2. to keep still, not move, become quiet

Derived terms

• इलति (iláti)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “इल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0168.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 09
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “इल्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016