बिल्व

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Hindi

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बिल्व

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बिल्व (bilva).

Noun

बिल्व (bilvm

  1. bael fruit tree, bel, Bengal quince (Aegle marmelos)[1]
    Synonyms: बेल (bel), श्रीफल (śrīphal), शोण्डिल्य (śoṇḍilya), शैलूष (śailūṣ), मालूर (mālūr), गन्धगर्भ (gandhagarbh), सदाफल (sadāphal), महाकपित्थ (mahākpitth), ग्रन्थिल (granthil), सिरफल (sirphal)

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Meronyms

References

  1. ^ कुमार, अजय, सिंघल, टीना (n.d.) भेषज दर्पण (सचित्र) (in Hindi), →ISBN, page 37


Marathi

बिल्व

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बिल्व (bilva).

Noun

बिल्व (bilvam

  1. bael fruit tree (Aegle marmelos)[1]
    Synonym: बेल (bel)
  2. leaf of bael fruit tree[1]
    Synonym: बेल (bel)
  3. bael fruit, Bengal quince[1]
    Synonyms: बेल (bel), बेलफळ (belphaḷ), श्रीफल (śrīphal), श्रीफळ (śrīphaḷ), (unripe) बाळबेल (bāḷbel)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Molesworth, James T. (1831) A Dictionary Muraṭ,hee & English, Bombay, page 738

Sanskrit

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बिल्वः

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Etymology

From a Pre-Indo-Aryan substrate language,[1] possibly Dravidian; compare Tamil விளா (viḷā), வெள்ளில் (veḷḷil).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

बिल्व (bilva) stemm

  1. bael fruit tree, bel, Bengal quince (Aegle marmelos)[3]
    Synonyms: कपीतन (kapītana), कर्कोटक (karkoṭaka), मालूर (mālūra), शाण्डिल्य (śāṇḍilya), शैलूष (śailūṣa), श्रीफल (śrīphala)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of बिल्व
Nom. sg. बिल्वः (bilvaḥ)
Gen. sg. बिल्वस्य (bilvasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative बिल्वः (bilvaḥ) बिल्वौ (bilvau) बिल्वाः (bilvāḥ)
Vocative बिल्व (bilva) बिल्वौ (bilvau) बिल्वाः (bilvāḥ)
Accusative बिल्वम् (bilvam) बिल्वौ (bilvau) बिल्वान् (bilvān)
Instrumental बिल्वेन (bilvena) बिल्वाभ्याम् (bilvābhyām) बिल्वैः (bilvaiḥ)
Dative बिल्वाय (bilvāya) बिल्वाभ्याम् (bilvābhyām) बिल्वेभ्यः (bilvebhyaḥ)
Ablative बिल्वात् (bilvāt) बिल्वाभ्याम् (bilvābhyām) बिल्वेभ्यः (bilvebhyaḥ)
Genitive बिल्वस्य (bilvasya) बिल्वयोः (bilvayoḥ) बिल्वानाम् (bilvānām)
Locative बिल्वे (bilve) बिल्वयोः (bilvayoḥ) बिल्वेषु (bilveṣu)

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 226
  2. ^ Witzel, Michael (1999) “Substrate Languages in Old Indo-Aryan (Ṛgvedic, Middle and Late Vedic)”, in Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies, volume 5, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 35.
  3. ^ Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2038
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “बिल्व”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]