दिल

See also: दाल and दल

Hindi

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil). First attested as Old Hindi दिल (dila). Doublet of हृदय (hŕday). Cognate with Assamese ডিল (dil), Bengali দিল (dil), Odia ଦିଲ (dila), Maithili दिल (dil), Marathi दिल (dil), Gujarati દિલ (dil), Marwari दिल (dil), Punjabi ਦਿਲ (dil), Sindhi دِلُ (dilu).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /d̪ɪl/, /d̪il/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    दिल • (dilm (Urdu spelling دِل)

    1. heart (organ)
    2. mind
    3. soul
    4. spirit, valour
    5. feelings, emotions

    Declension

    Declension of दिल (masc cons-stem)
    singular plural
    direct दिल
    dil
    दिल
    dil
    oblique दिल
    dil
    दिलों
    dilõ
    vocative दिल
    dil
    दिलो
    dilo

    Synonyms

    Further reading

    Marathi

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil). Doublet of हृदय (hruday).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /d̪il/, [d̪iːl]
    • Rhymes: -il
    • Hyphenation: दिल

    Noun

    दिल • (dilm

    1. (anatomy, uncommon) heart
      Synonyms: (standard) हृदय (hruday), काळीज (kāḷīj), अंतःकरण (antaḥkaraṇ)
    2. (figuratively, rare) mind
      Synonym: मन (man)

    Declension

    Declension of दिल (masc cons-stem)
    direct
    singular
    दिल
    dil
    direct
    plural
    दिल
    dil
    singular
    एकवचन
    plural
    अनेकवचन
    nominative
    प्रथमा
    दिल
    dil
    दिल
    dil
    oblique
    सामान्यरूप
    दिला
    dilā
    दिलां-
    dilān-
    acc. / dative
    द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
    दिलाला
    dilālā
    दिलांना
    dilānnā
    ergative दिलाने, दिलानं
    dilāne, dilāna
    दिलांनी
    dilānnī
    instrumental दिलाशी
    dilāśī
    दिलांशी
    dilānśī
    locative
    सप्तमी
    दिलात
    dilāt
    दिलांत
    dilāt
    vocative
    संबोधन
    दिला
    dilā
    दिलांनो
    dilānno
    Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
    There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
    Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
    Genitive declension of दिल (masc cons-stem)
    masculine object
    पुल्लिंगी कर्म
    feminine object
    स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
    neuter object
    नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
    oblique
    सामान्यरूप
    singular
    एकवचन
    plural
    अनेकवचन
    singular
    एकवचन
    plural
    अनेकवचन
    singular*
    एकवचन
    plural
    अनेकवचन
    singular subject
    एकवचनी कर्ता
    दिलाचा
    dilāċā
    दिलाचे
    dilāċe
    दिलाची
    dilācī
    दिलाच्या
    dilācā
    दिलाचे, दिलाचं
    dilāċe, dilāċa
    दिलाची
    dilācī
    दिलाच्या
    dilācā
    plural subject
    अनेकवचनी कर्ता
    दिलांचा
    dilānċā
    दिलांचे
    dilānċe
    दिलांची
    dilāñcī
    दिलांच्या
    dilāncā
    दिलांचे, दिलांचं
    dilānċe, dilānċa
    दिलांची
    dilāñcī
    दिलांच्या
    dilāñcā
    * Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
    Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

    Further reading

    • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “दिल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 68
    • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दिल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 412
    • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “दिल”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1654

    Old Hindi

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Classical Persian دل (dil). Doublet of हिरदै (hiradai). Compare Old Punjabi ਦਿਲੁ (dilu).

      Noun

      दिल (dila)

      1. heart

      Descendants

      • Hindustani: dil
        Hindi: दिल
        Urdu: دِل (dil)

      Further reading

      • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 539