खल

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Sanskrit

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kaḷam.

Noun

खल (khala) stem?

  1. an open place (threshing floor)
  2. oil-cake

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kaḷ-.

Noun

खल (khala) stem?

  1. wicked person, rogue
Declension
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Descendants
  • Pali: khala
  • Odia: ଖଳ (khaḷa), ଖଳା (khaḷā)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “खल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0260.
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “खल”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]