खेल्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- খেল্ (Assamese script)
- ᬔᬾᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
- খেল্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰏𑰸𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀔𑁂𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ခေလ် (Burmese script)
- ખેલ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਖੇਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌖𑍇𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦑꦺꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂎𑂵𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಖೇಲ್ (Kannada script)
- ខេល៑ (Khmer script)
- ເຂລ຺ (Lao script)
- ഖേല് (Malayalam script)
- ᡘᡝᠯ (Manchu script)
- 𑘏𑘹𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠻᠧᠯ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦯𑧚𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐏𑐾𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଖେଲ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢓꢾꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆒𑆼𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖏𑖸𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ඛෙල් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩝𑩔𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚋𑚲𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
- கே²ல் (Tamil script)
- ఖేల్ (Telugu script)
- เขลฺ (Thai script)
- ཁེ་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒐𑒹𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨌𑨄𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Sanskritization of Prakrit खेलइ (khelaï) of uncertain origin. See there for more. Related to क्ष्वेल् (kṣvel, “to leap, jump, play”), क्रीड् (krīḍ, “to play; to jest”), and केल् (kel, “to sport”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kʰɐjl/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kʰeːl̪/
Root
खेल् • (khel)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “KHEL”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 146
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “खेल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 340, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), “khel”, in The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 33
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*khēḍ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 208