कोयला

Hindi

Alternative forms

कोइला (koilā), कोएला (koelā)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑁄𑀇𑀮𑀸 (koilā, “burning charcoal”), from Sanskrit कोकिल (kokila, “lighted coal; charcoal”), of Munda origin. Despite strong phonetic and semantic similarities, unrelated to English coal, which comes from PIE *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”) (whence Hindi जलना (jalnā) ultimately derives).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

कोयला • (koylā) m (Urdu spelling کوئلہ)

coal; charcoal
कोयले की खान ― koyle kī khān ― coal mine
live coal; firebrand

Declension

Declension of *कोयला* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	कोयला koylā	कोयले koyle
oblique	कोयले koyle	कोयलों koylõ
vocative	कोयले koyle	कोयलो koylo

Derived terms

काला कोयला (kālā koylā)
कोयले की दलाली में हाथ काले (koyle kī dalālī mẽ hāth kāle)
जलकर कोयला हो जाना (jalkar koylā ho jānā)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kōkila”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 181
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कोयला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 217
Platts, John T. (1884) “کويلا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 866