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 *ḱol-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): /ɕɑː.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 (śā́lā)	शाले (śā́le)	शालाः (śā́lāḥ)
vocative	शाले (śā́le)	शाले (śā́le)	शालाः (śā́lāḥ)
accusative	शालाम् (śā́lām)	शाले (śā́le)	शालाः (śā́lāḥ)
instrumental	शालया (śā́layā) शाला¹ (śā́lā¹)	शालाभ्याम् (śā́lābhyām)	शालाभिः (śā́lābhiḥ)
dative	शालायै (śā́lāyai)	शालाभ्याम् (śā́lābhyām)	शालाभ्यः (śā́lābhyaḥ)
ablative	शालायाः (śā́lāyāḥ) शालायै² (śā́lāyai²)	शालाभ्याम् (śā́lābhyām)	शालाभ्यः (śā́lābhyaḥ)
genitive	शालायाः (śā́lāyāḥ) शालायै² (śā́lāyai²)	शालयोः (śā́layoḥ)	शालानाम् (śā́lānām)
locative	शालायाम् (śā́lāyām)	शालयोः (śā́layoḥ)	शालासु (śā́lāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• शर्मन् (śárman, “shelter”)

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, page 1067, columns 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