तुल्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    Back-formation from तु॒ला (tulā́, balance, scales), from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂-éh₂, from *telh₂- + *-éh₂.

    Cognate with Ancient Greek τᾰ́λαντον (tắlanton, balance, scale) whence English talent, Latin tolerō (bear, endure) whence English tolerate. Further possible cognates include Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas, the 'bearer' of heaven) and therefore Ἀτλαντίς (Atlantís).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    तुल् • (tul)

    1. to lift up, raise
    2. to determine the weight of something by lifting it up
    3. to compare by weighing
    4. to make equal in weight, compare

    Derived terms

    References

    • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “तुल्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016