As a Hindi name
इला · noun · feminine
पृथ्वी · पार्वती · सरस्वती । वाणी — Śabdasāgara
इला · masculine
Ila, child of Vaivasvata Manu, who alternates genders between a man and a woman; a female given name, Ila, from Sanskrit
इला · feminine
the earth; speech, language; cow
Cited formation "इला" is इल + -आ: इल means "कर्दम प्रजापति के एक पुत्र का नाम जो वाह्यलीक देश का राजा था", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "इला" is इल + -आ: इल means "कर्दम प्रजापति के एक पुत्र का नाम जो वाह्यलीक देश का राजा था", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi इला — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit इला (ilā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ilā f. (closely connected with iḍā and irā, qq.v.) flow
speech
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
flow
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Dictionary citations
ilā f. (closely connected with iḍā and irā, qq.v.) flow
speech
the earth, &c.
See iḍā.
iḍā -lā [il-ac, vā lasya ḍatvaṃ] 1 The earth; prabudhyate nūnamiḍātalasthaḥ Mb. 2 Speech. 3 An offering, libation. (coming between prayāga and anuyāga). 4 Refreshing draught. 5 (Hence) Food. 6 (Fig.) Steam or flow of praise or worship personified as the goddess of sacred speech. 7 Libation and offering of milk. 8 A cow. 9 N. of a goddess, daughter of Manu. (She is the wife of Budha and mother of Purūravas; (pb) she is also called maitrāvaruṇī as the daughter of mitra and varuṇa). 10 N. of Durgā. 11 Heaven. 12 A tubular vessel (nāḍībheda), (being in the right side of the body).
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