દિલ

See also: દેલ

Gujarati

Alternative forms

• દેલ (del)
• دِل (dil) — Lisan ud-Dawat

Etymology

PIE word
*ḱérd

Borrowed from Classical Persian دِل (dil). Doublet of હૈયું (haiyũ), હૃદય (hŕdya), and હાર્ટ (hārṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪il/
• Rhymes: -il
• Hyphenation: દિલ

Noun

દિલ • (dil) n

1. (anatomy) heart (the chief organ of the circulatory system)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:હૃદય

2. mind, heart, soul

   Synonyms: અંતઃકરણ (antaḥkaraṇ), કાળજું (kāḷjũ), મન (man)

3. spirit, valor
4. feelings, emotions

Derived terms

• દલડું (dalḍũ)

Further reading

• “દિલ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.