ہیل

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Brahui

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ēl. Cognate with Kui (India) ଏ୕ଲୁ (ēlu, mind, wisdom), Kuvi ଏ୕ଡୁ (ēḍu, wisdom).

McAlpin relates it to Achaemenid Elamite (el-ma /⁠elma⁠/, I thought, pondered, deliberated, devised).[1]

Noun

ہیل (hel)

  1. knowledge, learning, wisdom

References

  1. ^ McAlpin, David (2022) “*hēl”, in “Modern colloquial eastern Elamite”, in Al-Burz, volume 14, number 1, pages 64–123

Further reading

  • Bray, Denys (1934) “hēl²”, in The Brahui Language, Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 135
  • Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “912”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan. Cognate with Sindhi هيرَ (hera), Saraiki ہیل (hel), Baluchi (hel).

Noun

ہیل (hel)

  1. custom, habit

Further reading

  • Bray, Denys (1934) “hēl¹”, in The Brahui Language, Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 135
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*hilati²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Ushojo

Noun

ہیل (hel)

  1. habit, trait, quality