मील mīla
2 syllables SLP1 mIla

As a Hindi name

मील · noun · masculine

वन । जंगल · निमेष (को॰) — Śabdasāgara

मील · noun · masculine

दूरी की एक नाप जो १७६० गज की होती है । इसे साधारण कोस का आधा मानते हैं — Śabdasāgara

मील · masculine

mile (unit of measurement)

a Hindi word of fr origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Borrowed from French mille or Portuguese milha.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

1st cl. (mīlati) To wink or twinkle, to close or contract the eye-lids: with ut prefixed, to awake, (and figuratively) to expand, to bud, to blossom.

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Dictionary citations

Wilson (1832) · मील

mīla r. 1st cl. (mīlati) To wink or twinkle, to close or contract the eye-lids: with ut prefixed, to awake, (and figuratively) to expand, to bud, to blossom.

Alternative readings

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