As a Hindi name
कीला · noun · masculine
बड़ी कील । काँटा । शकु । दे॰ 'कील ६, ७' — Śabdasāgara
कीला · kīlā · s.f.
A small nail, a tack, a peg (see kīl) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 889
कीला · kīlā · s.m.
(f. -ī), A large nail; a spike; a bolt — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 889
कीला · masculine
large nail; spike
Cited formation "कीला" is क + -ईला: क means "the first consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -ईला forms 'containing', 'full of' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(7) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "कीला" is कील + -आ: कील means "nail, tack", 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
Cited formation "कीला" is कीलना + -आ: कीलना means "To bind, fasten", 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: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Masculine of कील (kīl, “nail, spike”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a stake, pin
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kīlā" is the feminine form of "kīla" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
kīlā f. a stake, pin, L.
the elbow, L.
a weapon, L.
flame, L.
a minute particle, L.
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.
Alternative readings
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