𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀢𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (tilla) — Ardhamāgadhī
• 𑀢𑁂𑀮 (tela) — Śaurasenī

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀢𑁃𑀮 (tailá).

Noun

𑀢𑁳𑀮𑁆𑀮 (tĕlla) n (Devanagari तेल्ल, Gujarati તĕલ્લ, Kannada ತೆಲ್ಲ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Ardhamāgadhī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī, Māgadhī)

1. oil
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 548:

     𑀤𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀽𑀡 𑀢𑀭𑀼𑀡𑀲𑀼𑀭𑀅𑀁 𑀯𑀺𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀯𑀺𑀮𑀸𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 𑀓𑀭𑀡𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀁
     𑀤𑀻𑀯𑁄-𑀯𑀺 𑀢𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀫𑀡𑁄 𑀕𑀅𑀁-𑀧𑀺 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀁 𑀡 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁂𑀇

     daṭṭhūṇa taruṇasuraaṃ vivihavilāsehi karaṇasohillaṃ
     dīvo-vi taggamaṇo gaaṃ-pi tĕllaṃ ṇa lakkhei

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       The lamp was so absorbed in looking at the young couple playfully making love
       In all sorts of different positions that it did not notice that the oil had run out.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀁 (tĕllaṃ)	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀇𑀁 (tĕllāiṃ) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀇 (tĕllāi)
Accusative	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀁 (tĕllaṃ)	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀇𑀁 (tĕllāiṃ) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀇 (tĕllāi)
Instrumental	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀡 (tĕlleṇa) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀡𑀁 (tĕlleṇaṃ)	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀳𑀺 (tĕllehi) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (tĕllehiṃ)
Dative	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀅 (tĕllāa)	—
Ablative	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀑 (tĕllāo) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀉 (tĕllāu) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸 (tĕllā) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀳𑀺 (tĕllāhi) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (tĕllāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀲𑁆𑀲 (tĕllassa)	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀡 (tĕllāṇa) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀡𑀁 (tĕllāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (tĕllammi) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂 (tĕlle)	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀲𑀼 (tĕllesu) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (tĕllesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮 (tĕlla) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸 (tĕllā)	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀇𑀁 (tĕllāiṃ) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀇 (tĕllāi)

Magadhi declension of 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀁 (tĕllaṃ)	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀇𑀁 (tĕllāiṃ)
Accusative	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀁 (tĕllaṃ)	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀇𑀁 (tĕllāiṃ)
Instrumental	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀡 (tĕlleṇa) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀡𑀁 (tĕlleṇaṃ)	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀳𑀺 (tĕllehi) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (tĕllehiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀤𑁄 (tĕllādo) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁄 (tĕllatto) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (tĕllāhiṃto) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀤𑀼 (tĕllādu) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀳𑀺 (tĕllāhi) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸 (tĕllā)	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀰𑀼𑀁𑀢𑁄 (tĕllaśuṃto) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (tĕllāhiṃto) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀳𑀺 (tĕllāhi) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁄 (tĕllatto) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀤𑁄 (tĕllādo) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀤𑀼 (tĕllādu)
Genitive	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀰𑁆𑀰 (tĕllaśśa) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀳 (tĕllāha)	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀡𑀁 (tĕllāṇaṃ) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀳𑀁 (tĕllāhaṃ)
Locative	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂 (tĕlle) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀺 (tĕllamhi) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (tĕllammi)	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀰𑀼 (tĕlleśu) or 𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀰𑀼𑀁 (tĕlleśuṃ)
Vocative	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀁 (tĕllaṃ)	𑀢𑁂𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀇𑀁 (tĕllāiṃ)

Descendants

Terms inherited from 𑀢𑁳𑀮𑁆𑀮 (tĕlla)

• Ahirani: तेल (tel)
• Assamese: তেল (tel)
• Bengali: তেল (tel)
• Braj: तेल (tel)
• Dhivehi: ތެޔޮ (teyo)
• Dogri: tel

  Devanagari script: तेल

  Dogra script: 𑠙𑠳𑠥

• Gojri: تیل (tel)
• Gujarati: તેલ (tel)
• Hindustani: tel

  Hindi: तेल

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

  Urdu: تیل (tel)

  • → Pashto: تېل (tel)
  • → Persian:

    Dari: تیل (tēl)

Konkani:

Devanagari script: तेल

Kannada script: ತೆಲ, ತೇಲ

Latin script: tel

Maithili: tēl

Devanagari script: तेल

Tirhuta script: 𑒞𑒹𑒪

Old Marathi: tela

Modi script: 𑘝𑘹𑘩

Devanagari script: तेल

• Marathi: तेल (tel)
• Varhadi: तेल (tel)

Marwari:

Devanagari script: तेल (tel), तेळ (teḷ)

Mahajani script: 𑅣𑅓𑅮 (tel), 𑅣𑅓𑅮𑅳 (tel)

Nepali: तेल (tel)

Odia: ତେଲ (tela)

Old Punjabi: ਤੇਲੁ (telu)

• Punjabi: tel

  Gurmukhi script: ਤੇਲ

  Shahmukhi script: تیل

Rohingya:

Hanifi Rohingya script: 𐴃𐴠𐴓𐴢 (tel)

Latin script: tel

Sindhi: telu

Arabic script: تيلُ

Devanagari script: तेलु

Khudabadi script: 𑋍𑋥𑋚𑋣

Sinhalese: තෙල් (tel)

• → Kannada: ತೆಲ್ಲ (tella)

Further reading

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “तेल्ल”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 445.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, pages 59, 82, 145
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, pages 14, 25, 26.
• Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Narayan Bapuji Utgikar (1929) “तेल्ल”, in Wilson Philological Lectures [on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages], Poona, India: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, →OCLC, page 622
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tailá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 340