तेल

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

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑁂𑀮 (tela), from Sanskrit तैल (taila). Cognate with Gujarati તેલ (tel), Bengali তেল (tel). Doublet of तैल (tail).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪eːl/
• Rhymes: -eːl

Noun

तेल • (tel) m (Urdu spelling تیل)

1. oil, petrol
2. vegetable oil

Declension

Declension of तेल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तेल tel	तेल tel
oblique	तेल tel	तेलों telõ
vocative	तेल tel	तेलो telo

Descendants

• → Dari: تیل (tēl)
• → Pashto: تېل (tel)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तेल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Konkani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तैल (taila). Cognate to Hindi तेल (tel) and Marathi तेल (tel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tel]

Noun

तेल • (tel) n (Latin script tel, Kannada script ತೆಲ)

1. oil

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi तेल (tela), from Sanskrit तैल (taila).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪el/
• Hyphenation: तेल
• Rhymes: -el

Noun

तेल • (tel) n

1. oil

Declension

Declension of तेल (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	तेल tel
direct plural	तेले, तेलं tele, tela
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	तेल tel		तेले, तेलं tele, tela
oblique सामान्यरूप	तेला telā		तेलां- telān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	तेलाला telālā		तेलांना telānnā
ergative	तेलाने, तेलानं telāne, telāna		तेलांनी telānnī
instrumental	तेलाशी telāśī		तेलांशी telānśī
locative सप्तमी	तेलात telāt		तेलांत telāt
vocative संबोधन	तेला telā		तेलांनो telānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of तेल (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	तेलाचा telāċā	तेलाचे telāċe	तेलाची telācī	तेलाच्या telācā	तेलाचे, तेलाचं telāċe, telāċa	तेलाची telācī	तेलाच्या telācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	तेलांचा telānċā	तेलांचे telānċe	तेलांची telāñcī	तेलांच्या telāncā	तेलांचे, तेलांचं telānċe, telānċa	तेलांची telāñcī	तेलांच्या telāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• खोबरेल तेल (khobrel tel, “coconut oil”)
• तिळाचे तेल (tiḷāce tel, “sesame oil”)
• भुईमूग तेल (bhuīmūg tel, “groundnut oil”)
• सोयाबीन तेल (soyābīn tel, “soyabean oil”)

See also

• तूप (tūp, “ghee”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “तेल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “तेल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “तेल”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tailá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• tela (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑁂𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• তেল (Bengali script)
• තෙල (Sinhalese script)
• တေလ (Burmese script)
• เตล or เตละ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩮᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຕລ or ເຕລະ (Lao script)
• តេល (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄬𑄣 (Chakma script)

Noun

तेल n

1. Devanagari script form of tela (“oil”)

Declension

Declension table of "तेल" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	तेलं (telaṃ)	तेलानि (telāni)
Accusative (second)	तेलं (telaṃ)	तेलानि (telāni)
Instrumental (third)	तेलेन (telena)	तेलेहि (telehi) or तेलेभि (telebhi)
Dative (fourth)	तेलस्स (telassa) or तेलाय (telāya) or तेलत्थं (telatthaṃ)	तेलानं (telānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	तेलस्मा (telasmā) or तेलम्हा (telamhā) or तेला (telā)	तेलेहि (telehi) or तेलेभि (telebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	तेलस्स (telassa)	तेलानं (telānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	तेलस्मिं (telasmiṃ) or तेलम्हि (telamhi) or तेले (tele)	तेलेसु (telesu)
Vocative (calling)	तेल (tela)	तेलानि (telāni)