शाला
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শালা (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬵᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
- শালা (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰯𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ၐာလာ (Burmese script)
- શાલા (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਾਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌾𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂰𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಾಲಾ (Kannada script)
- ឝាលា (Khmer script)
- ຨາລາ (Lao script)
- ശാലാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠ᠊ᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘰𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧑𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐵𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଶାଲା (Odia script)
- ꢯꢵꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆳𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖯𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ශාලා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩛𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚭𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஶாலா (Tamil script)
- శాలా (Telugu script)
- ศาลา (Thai script)
- ཤཱ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒰𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨊𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱol-eh₂, from *ḱel- (“to cover, protect”). Cognate with Latin cella (“room”) and Old English heall (whence English hall).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɑ́ː.lɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɑː.l̪ɑː/
Noun
शाला • (śā́lā) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शाला (śā́lā) | शाले (śā́le) | शालाः (śā́lāḥ) |
| accusative | शालाम् (śā́lām) | शाले (śā́le) | शालाः (śā́lāḥ) |
| instrumental | शालया (śā́layā) शाला¹ (śā́lā¹) |
शालाभ्याम् (śā́lābhyām) | शालाभिः (śā́lābhiḥ) |
| dative | शालायै (śā́lāyai) | शालाभ्याम् (śā́lābhyām) | शालाभ्यः (śā́lābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शालायाः (śā́lāyāḥ) शालायै² (śā́lāyai²) |
शालाभ्याम् (śā́lābhyām) | शालाभ्यः (śā́lābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शालायाः (śā́lāyāḥ) शालायै² (śā́lāyai²) |
शालयोः (śā́layoḥ) | शालानाम् (śā́lānām) |
| locative | शालायाम् (śā́lāyām) | शालयोः (śā́layoḥ) | शालासु (śā́lāsu) |
| vocative | शाले (śā́le) | शाले (śā́le) | शालाः (śā́lāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
- पर्णशाला f (parṇaśālā, “arbour”)
- पाठशाला f (pāṭhaśālā, “school, place of learning”)
- संगीतशाला f (saṃgītaśālā, “music hall”)
Related terms
- शर्मन् (śárman, “shelter”)
Descendants
- Assamese: শাল (xal), শালি (xali)
- Hindi: साल (sāl)
- Marathi: शाळा (śāḷā)
- Sinhalese: සල (sala)
- Urdu: سال (sāl)
- → Bengali: -শালা (-śala) (learned)
- → Hindi: शाला (śālā)
- → Kannada: ಶಾಲೆ (śāle)
- → Khmer: សាលា (saalaa)
- → Old Javanese: śāla
- → Tamil: சாலை (cālai)
- → Telugu: శాల (śāla)
- → Thai: ศาล (sǎan), ศาลา (sǎa-laa)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शाला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1067, columns 1-2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 631