शाला

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See also: शाल, शील, शिला, शूल्, शीला, शूल, and -शाली

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-eh₂, from *ḱel- (“to cover, protect”). Cognate with Latin cella (“room”), Old English heall (whence English hall) and modern English salon.

Pronunciation

Noun

शाला • (śā́lā) stem, f

  1. a house, mansion, building, hall, large room, apartment, shed, workshop, stable etc.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शाला (śā́lā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शाला
śā́lā 		शाले
śā́le 		शालाः
śā́lāḥ
Vocative शाले
śā́le 		शाले
śā́le 		शालाः
śā́lāḥ
Accusative शालाम्
śā́lām 		शाले
śā́le 		शालाः
śā́lāḥ
Instrumental शालया / शाला¹
śā́layā / śā́lā¹ 		शालाभ्याम्
śā́lābhyām 		शालाभिः
śā́lābhiḥ
Dative शालायै
śā́lāyai 		शालाभ्याम्
śā́lābhyām 		शालाभ्यः
śā́lābhyaḥ
Ablative शालायाः / शालायै²
śā́lāyāḥ / śā́lāyai² 		शालाभ्याम्
śā́lābhyām 		शालाभ्यः
śā́lābhyaḥ
Genitive शालायाः / शालायै²
śā́lāyāḥ / śā́lāyai² 		शालयोः
śā́layoḥ 		शालानाम्
śā́lānām
Locative शालायाम्
śā́lāyām 		शालयोः
śā́layoḥ 		शालासु
śā́lāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

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Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “शाला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1067/1-2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 631
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