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Hindi Etymology Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शिला ( śilā ) .
Pronunciation ( Delhi Hindi ) IPA (key ) : /ʃɪ.lɑː/ , Hyphenation: शि‧ला Noun शिला • (śilā ) f Urdu spelling شلا
stone , rock Declension
Declension of शिला (fem ā-stem )
singular
plural
direct
शिला śilā
शिलाएँ śilāẽ
oblique
शिला śilā
शिलाओं śilāõ
vocative
शिला śilā
शिलाओ śilāo
See also Marathi Etymology Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शिला ( śilā )
Pronunciation IPA (key ) : /ɕi.la/ Hyphenation: शि‧ला Noun शिला • (śilā ) ?
stone See also Sanskrit Alternative scripts Alternative scripts
শিলা ( Assamese script ) ᬰᬶᬮᬵ ( Balinese script ) শিলা ( Bengali script ) 𑰫𑰰𑰩𑰯 ( Bhaiksuki script ) 𑀰𑀺𑀮𑀸 ( Brahmi script ) ၐိလာ ( Burmese script ) શિલા ( Gujarati script ) ਸ਼ਿਲਾ ( Gurmukhi script ) 𑌶𑌿𑌲𑌾 ( Grantha script ) ꦯꦶꦭꦴ ( Javanese script ) 𑂬𑂱𑂪𑂰 ( Kaithi script ) ಶಿಲಾ ( Kannada script ) ឝិលា ( Khmer script ) ຨິລາ ( Lao script ) ശിലാ ( Malayalam script ) ᡧᡳᠯᠠᢇ ( Manchu script ) 𑘫𑘱𑘩𑘰 ( Modi script ) ᠱᠢᠯᠠ᠋ᠠ ( Mongolian script ) 𑧋𑧒𑧉𑧑 ( Nandinagari script ) 𑐱𑐶𑐮𑐵 ( Newa script ) ଶିଲା ( Odia script ) ꢯꢶꢭꢵ ( Saurashtra script ) 𑆯𑆴𑆬𑆳 ( Sharada script ) 𑖫𑖰𑖩𑖯 ( Siddham script ) ශිලා ( Sinhalese script ) 𑩿𑩑𑩽𑩛 ( Soyombo script ) 𑚧𑚮𑚥𑚭 ( Takri script ) ஶிலா ( Tamil script ) శిలా ( Telugu script ) ศิลา ( Thai script ) ཤི་ལཱ ( Tibetan script ) 𑒬𑒱𑒪𑒰 ( Tirhuta script ) 𑨮𑨁𑨬𑨊 ( Zanabazar Square script ) Etymology Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱHl-eh₂ , which, if correct, is also the source of Old Armenian սալ ( sal , “ stone, rock ” ) .
Pronunciation Noun शिला • (śilā ) stem , f
stone , rock , crag (Av. )red arsenic (Suśr. )camphor (L. )vein , tendon (L. )top of the pillar supporting a house (L. )Declension Descendants Dardic:
Kashmiri: شیل ( śēl )
Shina: شل ( šil )
Pali: silā
Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀸 ( silā ) Central:
Eastern:
Magadhi Prakrit:Bengali: শিল ( śil )
Assamese: শিল ( xil )
Sylheti: ꠢꠤꠟ ( hil )
Odia: ସିଳ ( siḷô ) , ସିଳା ( siḷa )
Northern:
Khasa Prakrit:Central Pahari:
Eastern Pahari:
Southern:
Helu Prakrit:Dhivehi: ހިލަ ( hila )
Sinhalese: සෙල ( sela ) , සල ( sala )
Maharastri Prakrit:
Western:
Takka Apabhramsa:Punjabi: sil Gurmukhi script: ਸਿਲ
Shahmukhi script: سِلَ
Vracada Apabhramsa:Sindhi: sira Arabic script: سِرَ
Devanagari script: सिर
→ Hindi: शिला ( śilā ) → Marathi: शिला ( śilā ) → Old Javanese: śilā References Monier Williams (1899 ) “शिला ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press , →OCLC 1073/1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985 ) “sila ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages , London: Oxford University Press, page 722