ईळ्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ঈল়্ (Assamese script)
• ᬈळ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ঈল়্ (Bengali script)
• 𑀈𑀴𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဤဠ် (Burmese script)
• ઈળ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਈਲ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌈𑌳𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦇळ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂆𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಈಳ್ (Kannada script)
• ឦឡ៑ (Khmer script)
• ອີຬ຺ (Lao script)
• ഈള് (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡳळ् (Manchu script)
• 𑘃𑘯𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠢळ् (Mongolian script)
• 𑦣𑧏𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐃ळ𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଈଳ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢅꢳ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆆𑆭𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖃ळ𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඊළ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩛ळ 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚃𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஈள் (Tamil script)
• ఈళ్ (Telugu script)
• อีฬฺ (Thai script)
• ཨཱིळ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒄𑒪𑓃𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨊ळ𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hayẓḍ-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /iːɭ̆/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /iːɭ̆/

Root

ईळ् • (īḷ)

1. (Vedic) to adore, to laud, to worship
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1:

     अ॒ग्निम्ई॒ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म्।
     होता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम्॥

     agnímīḷé puróhitaṃ yajñásya devámṛtvíjam.
     hótāraṃ ratnadhā́tamam.

     I praise Agni, the high priest of the sacrifice, the divine, the ministrant, who presents the oblation to the gods, and is the possessor of great wealth.

Usage notes

The verb arose as a result of intervocalic sandhi in ईड् (īḍ). So:

अग्निमीडे ― agnimīḍe ― I laud Agni

became:

अग्निमीळे ― agnimīḷe ― I laud Agni

Derived terms

• ईट्टे (īṭṭe, “to praise, laud”, 1 A)
• ईळति (īḷati, “to adore”, 1 P)
• ईळते (īḷate, 1 Ā)
• ईळयति (īḷayati)
• ईळितृ (īḷitṛ, “one who praises, praiser”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ईळ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 171.