As a Hindi name
कील · noun · feminine
खुगी या देवकवास जो आसाम की गारो पहाड़ियों में होती है — Śabdasāgara
कील · kīl · s.f.
A nail; a tack; a peg, pin; a spike — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 889
कील
Kiel (the capital city of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany).
कील · feminine
nail, tack; peg; spike; stud; axis
a Hindi word of de origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from German Kiel.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit कील — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“From Sanskrit कील (kīla).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kīla m. (ifc. f(ā). ), a sharp piece of wood, stake, pin, peg, bolt, wedge, &c., MBh. &c.
a post, post in a cow-house to which cows are fastened, pillar, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a sharp piece of wood, stake, pin, peg, bolt, wedge, &c., &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kīla" is the vocative of "kīlā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
kīla m. (ifc. f(ā). ), a sharp piece of wood, stake, pin, peg, bolt, wedge, &c., MBh. &c.
a post, post in a cow-house to which cows are fastened, pillar, L.
a gnomon, L.
handle, brace, Suśr.
the elbow, VP.
kīlā f. a stake, pin, L.
the elbow, L.
Alternative readings
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