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

Declension of तैल (masc cons-stem)

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

Sanskrit

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