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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ইল্ (Assamese script)
- ᬇᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ইল্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰂𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀇𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဣလ် (Burmese script)
- ઇલ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਇਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌇𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦆꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂅𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಇಲ್ (Kannada script)
- ឥល៑ (Khmer script)
- ອິລ຺ (Lao script)
- ഇല് (Malayalam script)
- ᡳᠯ (Manchu script)
- 𑘂𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠢᠯ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦢𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐂𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଇଲ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢄꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆅𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖂𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ඉල් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩑𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚂𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
- இல் (Tamil script)
- ఇల్ (Telugu script)
- อิลฺ (Thai script)
- ཨི་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒃𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨁𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Likely from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (“to drive, move, go”). Compare Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to drive”), Latin alacer (“lively, active, brisk”), Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to spurn, drive”), *lanō (“lane”)).
Pronunciation
Root
इल् • (il)
- to come, send, cast
- to keep still, not move, become quiet
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “इल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0168.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 09
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “इल्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016