तल

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪əl/,
• Rhymes: -əl

Inherited from Sanskrit तल (tala). Cognate with Marathi तळ (taḷ).

तल • (tal) m (Urdu spelling تل)

1. bottom

   पोत समुद्र का तल पर है।

   pot samudra kā tal par hai.

   The ship is at the bottom of the sea.

2. level (also धरातल (dharātal))

   मैं वही तल पर हूँ। ― ma͠i vahī tal par hū̃. ― I am on the same level.

3. storey, floor (of a building)

   मैं प्रथम तल पर रहता हूँ।

   ma͠i pratham tal par rahtā hū̃.

   I live on the first floor.

• (storey): मंज़िल (manzil)
• (storey): तला (talā)

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “तल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• “तल”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “तल”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

तल • (tal)

1. inflection of तलना (talnā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular intimate present imperative

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tálas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tálas (“bottom, surface”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bottom, ground”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ́.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐ.l̪ɐ/

तल • (tála) stem, m or n

1. surface, level, floor (of a house)
2. the part underneath, lower part, base, bottom
3. the palm of the hand
4. the sole of the foot

• Bengali: তালা (tala)
• Hindi: तल (tal)
• Marathi: तळ (taḷ)
• Odia: ତଳେ (taḷe)
• Punjabi: ਥੱਲੇ (thalle)
• → Assamese: তল (tol)
• → Malayalam: തലം (talaṁ)

तल • (tála) stem, m

1. a span
2. the handle of a sword
3. the palmyra tree
4. the forearm
5. pressing the strings of a lute with the left hand
6. talātala - name of a hell

तल • (tála) stem, n

1. the heart
2. a pond
3. a pit
4. a forest
5. the root or seed of events

• Monier Williams (1899) “तल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 440/2-3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 637