As a Hindi name
सेल · noun · masculine
बरछा । भाला । साँग — Śabdasāgara
सेल · noun · feminine
बद्धी । माला — Śabdasāgara
सेल · sel · s.m.
A spear, dart, javelin — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 712
सेल · masculine
small battery
a Hindi word of English origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from English cell.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
or (prob. Prākṛt for śaila) a kind of weapon, (B.)
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Dictionary citations
sela m. or n. (prob. Prākṛt for śaila) a kind of weapon, Kād. (B.)
a partic. high number (cf. selu), Buddh.
sela (ṛ) seḷ r. 1st cl. (selati) To go or move; preferably ṣela.
Alternative readings
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