खेल्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• খেল্ (Assamese script)
• ᬔᬾᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
• খেল্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰸𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑁂𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ခေလ် (Burmese script)
• ખેલ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਖੇਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑍇𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦺꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂵𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಖೇಲ್ (Kannada script)
• ខេល៑ (Khmer script)
• ເຂລ຺ (Lao script)
• ഖേല് (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᡝᠯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘹𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠧᠯ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑧚𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐾𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଖେଲ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢓꢾꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆼𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖸𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඛෙල් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝𑩔𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚲𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
• கே²ல் (Tamil script)
• ఖేల్ (Telugu script)
• เขลฺ (Thai script)
• ཁེ་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒹𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑨄𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Sanskritization of Prakrit 𑀔𑁂𑀮𑁆- (khĕl-), of substrate origin. See there for more. Related to क्ष्वेल् (kṣvel, “to leap, jump, play”), क्रीड् (krīḍ, “to play; to jest”), and केल् (kel, “to sport”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐjl/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʰeːl̪/

Root

खेल् • (khel)

1. to shake, move to and fro, swing, tremble
2. to play, sport

Derived terms

• खेल (khela)
• खेलति (khelati)
• खेलन (khelana)
• खेलनक (khelanaka)
• खेलना (khelanā)
• खेलम् (khelam)
• खेलयति (khelayati)
• खेला (khelā)
• खेलि (kheli)
• यथाखेलम् (yathākhelam)
• लीलाखेल (līlākhela)
• सखेलम् (sakhelam)
• होलाखेलन (holākhelana)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “खेल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 340.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 146-147
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khēḍ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press