केला

See also: कला, केले, and केलं

Doteli

Etymology

From Sanskrit कदल (kadala).

Noun

केला (kelā)

banana

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit कदल (kadala); compare, within Munda, Mundari कदळ (kadaḷ), Santali ᱠᱟᱭᱨᱟ (kayra), Koda [script needed] (kɛɾa), Korku [script needed] (keɽe)). Cognate with Punjabi ਕੇਲਾ (kelā) / کیلا (kelā), Nepali केरा (kerā), Gujarati કેળું (keḷũ), Marathi केळे (keḷe), Bengali কলা (kola), Assamese কল (kol).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /keː.lɑː/, [keː.läː]

Noun

केला • (kelā) m (Urdu spelling کیلا)

banana
plantain (Musa sapientum)

Declension

Declension of *केला* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	केला kelā	केले kele
oblique	केले kele	केलों kelõ
vocative	केले kele	केलो kelo

Descendants

→ Pashto: کېله
→ Persian:
Dari: کیله (kēla)

Marathi

Verb

केला • (kelā) m

third-person masculine singular of केले (kele, “did”), which is the perfective of करणे (karṇe, “to do”)