As a Hindi name
इल्वल · noun · masculine
एक दैत्य या असुर का नाम · ईल या बाम मछली — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of fish
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ilvala" is the vocative of "ilvalā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "ilvala" is derived from "il" with the valac suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
il cl. 6. P. ilati (iyela, eliṣyati, ailīt, elitum, Dhātup. xxviii, 65) to come, Hariv.; VP.; to send, cast, L.; to sleep, L. : cl. 10. P. ilayati (Impv. 2. pl. ilayatā, AV. i, 17, 4) or elayati (Pāṇ. iii, 1, 51) aor. aililat or ailayīt, to keep still, not to move; to become quiet, AV.; TS.; ŚBr. &c.;
il [a various reading has the form iḻ: cf. Old Germ. îllu, îllo, for îlju; Mod. Germ. Eile; Cambro-Brit. il, ‘progress, motion’; Gk. ἐλάω]
ilvala m. a kind of fish, L.
N. of a Daitya (the brother of Vātāpi), MBh.; Hariv.; VP.
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Dictionary citations
ilvala m. a kind of fish, L.
N. of a Daitya (the brother of Vātāpi), MBh.; Hariv.; VP.
ilvala m. (-laḥ) 1 The name of a demon. 2 Of a fish. f. plu. (-lāḥ) Stars in Orion's head. E. ila to send or go, and vala Uṇādi affix; the last is also written ilvakā ut sup.
ilvalā f. pl. N. of the five stars in Orion's head, L.
il cl. 6. P. ilati (iyela, eliṣyati, ailīt, elitum, Dhātup. xxviii, 65) to come, Hariv.; VP.; to send, cast, L.; to sleep, L. : cl. 10. P. ilayati (Impv. 2. pl. ilayatā, AV. i, 17, 4) or elayati (Pāṇ. iii, 1, 51) aor. aililat or ailayīt, to keep still, not to move; to become quiet, AV.; TS.; ŚBr. &c.;
il [a various reading has the form iḻ: cf. Old Germ. îllu, îllo, for îlju; Mod. Germ. Eile; Cambro-Brit. il, ‘progress, motion’; Gk. ἐλάω]
Alternative readings
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