शाला

See also: शाल, शील, शिला, शूल्, शीला, शूल, and -शाली

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শালা (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬵᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
• শালা (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰯𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ၐာလာ (Burmese script)
• શાલા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਾਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌾𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂰𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಾಲಾ (Kannada script)
• ឝាលា (Khmer script)
• ຨາລາ (Lao script)
• ശാലാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘰𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧑𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐵𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଶାଲା (Odia script)
• ꢯꢵꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆳𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖯𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ශාලා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩛𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚭𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஶாலா (Tamil script)
• శాలా (Telugu script)
• ศาลา (Thai script)
• ཤཱ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒰𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨊𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-eh₂, from *ḱel- (“to cover, protect”). Cognate with Latin cella (“room”) and Old English heall (whence English hall).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɑ́ː.lɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɑː.l̪ɑː/

Noun

शाला • (śā́lā) stem, f

1. a house, mansion, building, hall, large room, apartment, shed, workshop, stable etc.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शाला

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शाला (śālā)	शाले (śāle)	शालाः (śālāḥ)
vocative	शाले (śāle)	शाले (śāle)	शालाः (śālāḥ)
accusative	शालाम् (śālām)	शाले (śāle)	शालाः (śālāḥ)
instrumental	शालया (śālayā) शाला¹ (śālā¹)	शालाभ्याम् (śālābhyām)	शालाभिः (śālābhiḥ)
dative	शालायै (śālāyai)	शालाभ्याम् (śālābhyām)	शालाभ्यः (śālābhyaḥ)
ablative	शालायाः (śālāyāḥ) शालायै² (śālāyai²)	शालाभ्याम् (śālābhyām)	शालाभ्यः (śālābhyaḥ)
genitive	शालायाः (śālāyāḥ) शालायै² (śālāyai²)	शालयोः (śālayoḥ)	शालानाम् (śālānām)
locative	शालायाम् (śālāyām)	शालयोः (śālayoḥ)	शालासु (śālāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• पर्णशाला f (parṇaśālā, “arbour”)
• पाठशाला f (pāṭhaśālā, “school, place of learning”)
• संगीतशाला f (saṃgītaśālā, “music hall”)

Descendants

• Assamese: শাল (xal), শালি (xali)
• → Bengali: -শালা (-śala)
• Hindi: साल (sāl)
• → Hindi: शाला (śālā)
• → Old Javanese: śāla
  • Javanese: ꦱꦭ (sala)
• → Khmer: សាលា (saalaa)
• Kannada: ಶಾಲೆ (śāle)
• Marathi: शाळा (śāḷā)
• Sinhalese: සල (sala)
• → Telugu: శాల (śāla)
• → Thai: ศาล (sǎan), ศาลา (sǎa-laa)
• Urdu: سال (sāl)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शाला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1067/1-2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 631