लीला
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit लीला (līlā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /liː.lɑː/, [liː.läː]
Noun
लीला • (līlā) f
- (Hinduism) the ways or acts of God in the mortal realm
- भगवान की लीला ― bhagvān kī līlā ― the acts of God
- play, playing, amusement
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | लीला līlā |
लीलाएँ līlāẽ |
| oblique | लीला līlā |
लीलाओं līlāõ |
| vocative | लीला līlā |
लीलाओ līlāo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लीला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- লীলা (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬷᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
- লীলা (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰱𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀻𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- လီလာ (Burmese script)
- લીલા (Gujarati script)
- ਲੀਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑍀𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦷꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂲𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಲೀಲಾ (Kannada script)
- លីលា (Khmer script)
- ລີລາ (Lao script)
- ലീലാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᡳᡳᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘲𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠢᠢᠯᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑧓𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐷𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଲୀଲା (Odia script)
- ꢭꢷꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆵𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖱𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ලීලා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩑𑩛𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚯𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
- லீலா (Tamil script)
- లీలా (Telugu script)
- ลีลา (Thai script)
- ལཱི་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒲𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨁𑨊𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly babble word for क्रीडा (krīḍā́).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /liː.lɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /l̪iː.l̪ɑː/
Noun
लीला • (līlā) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | लीला (līlā) | लीले (līle) | लीलाः (līlāḥ) |
| accusative | लीलाम् (līlām) | लीले (līle) | लीलाः (līlāḥ) |
| instrumental | लीलया (līlayā) लीला¹ (līlā¹) |
लीलाभ्याम् (līlābhyām) | लीलाभिः (līlābhiḥ) |
| dative | लीलायै (līlāyai) | लीलाभ्याम् (līlābhyām) | लीलाभ्यः (līlābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | लीलायाः (līlāyāḥ) लीलायै² (līlāyai²) |
लीलाभ्याम् (līlābhyām) | लीलाभ्यः (līlābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | लीलायाः (līlāyāḥ) लीलायै² (līlāyai²) |
लीलयोः (līlayoḥ) | लीलानाम् (līlānām) |
| locative | लीलायाम् (līlāyām) | लीलयोः (līlayoḥ) | लीलासु (līlāsu) |
| vocative | लीले (līle) | लीले (līle) | लीलाः (līlāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Hindi: लीला (līlā)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “लीला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 903, columns 2-3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 445