As a Hindi name
खेला · noun · feminine
क्रीड़ा । खेल । मनबहलाव — Śabdasāgara
खेला · feminine
play, sport, game
खेला · masculine
performance (of dance, drama, etc.)
Platts (p. 886) also records: of khelnā, q.v
Cited formation "खेला" is खेल + -आ: खेल means "game, sport; fun", 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 "खेला" is खेलना + -आ: खेलना means "to play (a game, a sport)", 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
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi खेला — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit खेला (khelā), ultimately from the root खेल् (khel).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
khelā (ā), f. sport, play g. kaṇḍvādi.
khelā f. (-lā) Play, pastime, sport. E. khela to shake, aṅ and ṭāp affs.
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“From खेलना (khelnā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
sport, play g. kaṇḍvādi.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "khelā" is the feminine form of "khela" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
khelā (ā), f. sport, play g. kaṇḍvādi.
khelā f. (-lā) Play, pastime, sport. E. khela to shake, aṅ and ṭāp affs.
khela mfn. (in comp. or ifc. g. kaḍārādi, Gaṇar. 90) moving, shaking, trembling, Vikr.; Ragh.
khela m. N. of a man, RV. i, 116, 15
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