lila

Transliteration of Sanskrit लीला (līlā).

lila (uncountable)

1. (Hinduism) The play of god’s spirit manifested in the universe; divine play, creative spiritual energy.
   • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 11:

     His face shone with joy when he read good books, thought new thoughts, heard news about the country's welfare, or when God's lila filled his mind.

• malanga lila (etymologically unrelated)

• Lail

• IPA^(key): /ˈlila/ [ˈli.la]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: li‧la

lila f (plural lilas)

1. lilac, a large shrub of the genus Syringa
2. the flower of the lilac shrub

• “lila” in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). →ISBN.

From French lilas. Cognate with German lila.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.lɐ/, /ˈliː.lɐ/

  • Audio:

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lila

1. purple, violet (color/colour)

   Synonym: violett

Colors in Bavarian · Foarbm (layout · text)

weiß	grau	schwoarz
roud/rood	oransch/orange; braun	gejb/gölb/gööb
	grea/grean
	blau	blau
lila, violett	lila	rosa

From lilà.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈli.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈli.la]

• Audio (Valencia):

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lila m or f (masculine and feminine plural liles)

1. lilac

lila m (plural liles)

1. lilac (color/colour)

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text)

blanc	gris	negre
roig, vermell; carmesí	taronja; marró	groc; crema
verd llima	verd
cian; xarxet	atzur	blau
violat; indi	magenta; lila, porpra	rosa

• “lila”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Spanish lila, borrowed from French lilac, from Arabic لِيلَك (līlak), from Persian نیلک (nilak), from نیل (nil, “dark blue”), ultimately from Sanskrit नीला (nīlā, “dark blue”).

• Hyphenation: li‧la

lila

1. lilac, a large shrub of the genus Syringa
2. the flower of the lilac shrub
3. a pale purple, the colour/color of some lilac flowers

lila

1. having a pale purple colour

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪla]

lila

1. inflection of lít:
   1. feminine singular past active participle
   2. neuter plural past active participle

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.laː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: li‧la

From French lilas, from lilacs, the plural of lilac.

lila n (plural lila's, diminutive lilaatje n)

1. lilac (color)

lila (invariable, not comparable)

1. lilac

Declension of lila
uninflected	lila
inflected	lila
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		lila
indefinite	m./f. sing.	lila
	n. sing.	lila
	plural	lila
definite		lila
partitive		lila's

• → Indonesian: lila

Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)

wit	grijs	zwart
rood; karmijnrood	oranje; bruin	geel; roomwit
groengeel/limoengroen	groen
blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw	azuurblauw	blauw
violet; indigo	magenta; paars	roze

From Classical Malay ليلا (“lela, lila”).

• lilla

lila ? (plural lila's, diminutive lilaatje n)

1. a small, even shoulder-portable type of (colonial?) field gun, notably used in the East Indies

From Zulu -lila, from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

lila

1. to cry, to weep

• IPA^(key): /ˈli(ː)lɑ/, [ˈli(ː)lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ilɑ
• Syllabification^(key): li‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): li‧la

lila (comparative lilempi or lilampi, superlative liloin or lilin)

1. alternative form of liila

lila

1. alternative form of liila

• “lila”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• -illa, Alli, alli

From French lilas.

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːla/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪla/ (regional; overall rather rare)

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: li‧la

lila (indeclinable) or (informal)
lila (strong nominative masculine singular lilaner or (rare) lilaer, not comparable)

1. lilac, purple, violet (color/colour)

   Synonyms: fliederfarben; (at least in common usage) violett

• The adjective is usually treated as invariable in the formal standard language, thus neither declined forms nor comparative forms are used.
• In less formal style and in the vernacular, lila has normal inflected forms. An -n- is then infixed before (vocalic) endings. Additionally, it has also inflected forms without an infix. Compare the same in rosa.
• The adjective is usually considered not comparable.

• Lila n

Colors in German · Farben (layout · text)

Weiß	Grau	Schwarz
Rot (Purpur)	Orange; Braun	Gelb; Creme, Ocker
Grün (Hellgrün, Neongrün)	Grün (Dunkelgrün)
Türkis (Cyan, Meeresgrün)	Blau (Hellblau, Azurblau)	Blau (Dunkelblau)
Lila, Violett (Blasslila, Altrosa)	Lila, Violett (Magenta, Purpur)	Rosa; Pink

• “lila” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “lila” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “lila” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): [ˈlilɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: li‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

lila (comparative lilább, superlative leglilább)

1. purple, violet (color/colour)

Colors in Hungarian · színek (terms that are not originally color names are usually supplemented with színű (“-colored”) or the nearest color name; less common names are marked in small) (layout · text)

fehér	szürke	fekete
piros​/​vörös; karmazsin​/​bíborvörös	narancssárga; barna	(citrom)sárga; krém-/vajszínű
citromzöld	zöld	mentazöld
cián​/​kékeszöld; zöldeskék	azúr(kék)​/​égszínkék	kék
ibolya(sz.); indigó(sz.)​/​kékeslila	bíbor(sz.)​/​bordó; lila	rózsaszín

• lila in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlila/ [ˈli.la]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: li‧la
• Homophones: LILA, LiLA

Borrowed from Dutch lila (“lilac”), from French lilas, from lilacs, the plural of lilac

lila (plural lila-lila)

1. lilac:
   1. a pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers

      lila:  

      Synonym: ungu lembut (Standard Malay)

• lilak

Colors in Indonesian · warna (layout · text)

putih	abu-abu, kelabu	hitam
merah; kirmizi	jingga; cokelat, pirang tua	kuning; krem
hijau pupus, hijau limau	hijau	hijau pudina; hijau tua
nilangsuka, sian; hijau laut	biru langit, nilakandi	biru
lembayung; nila	patma; ungu	merah jambu, merah muda

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

lila (plural lila-lila)

1. (archaic) small cannons made of copper or bronze

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lila (comparative lebih lila, superlative paling lila)

1. dated spelling of rela

• “lila” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984) Daftar Istilah Warna [Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia

From Proto-South Sulawesi *dilaq, from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlila]

lila (Lontara spelling ᨒᨗᨒ)

1. (anatomy) tongue

Borrowed from German Lila.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.la/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: li‧la

lila (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. lilac, violet (color/colour)

   Synonyms: jasnofioletowy, liliowy

   lila:  

Colors in Polish · kolory (layout · text)

biały	szary	czarny
czerwony; karmazyn	pomarańczowy; brązowy	żółty; beżowy
limonkowy	zielony	miętowy; ciemnozielony
cyjan; morski	błękitny	niebieski
fuksja; indygo	magenta; purpurowy	różowy

• lila in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lila in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “lila”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “lila”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “lila”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 741

Borrowed from French lilas.

lila m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. lilac (color/colour)

Colors in Romanian · culori (layout · text)

alb	gri	negru
roșu; carmin	portocaliu; maro	galben; crem
	verde	verde mentă
cyan	bleu	albastru
violet; indigo	mov; purpură	roz

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

-lila

1. to cry, to weep

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Borrowed from French lilac, from Arabic لِيلَك (līlak), from Persian نیلک (nilak), from نیل (nil, “dark blue”), ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark colored”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlila/ [ˈli.la]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: li‧la

lila f (plural lilas)

1. lilac (flower)
2. lilac (bush)

• → Cebuano: lila
• → Tagalog: lila

lila m (plural lilas)

1. lilac (color/colour)
2. (dated) twit; idiot

lila m or f (masculine and feminine plural lilas)

1. lilac, purple, violet

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo	celeste, cerúleo	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa, rosado

• “lila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Apparently back-formed from lila na fila (“for good or bad”), perhaps from Arabic لَعَلَّ (laʕalla).^[1]

• Audio (Kenya):

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lila class IX (plural lila class X)

1. goodness

   Synonym: uzuri

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

-lila

1. (intransitive) to cry, to weep

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Audio:

  (file)

lila n

1. purple, violet (color/colour)

lila (comparative mer lila, superlative mest lila)

1. purple, violet (color/colour)

Between blue and red and blueish rather than reddish (compare purpur). Especially darker purples with little red (without being outright (dark) blue) feel like lila.

• gredelin
• violett

Colors in Swedish · färger (layout · text)

vit	grå	svart
röd; karmosin, karmosinröd, blodröd	orange (common), brandgul (now uncommon); brun	gul; beige
limegrön	grön	mintgrön
turkos (common), cyan (rare); blågrön, teal	himmelsblå, azur	blå
lila, violett, gredelin (light lavender, now uncommon); indigo	magenta; purpur	rosa (common), skär (uncommon)

• → Finnish: liila, lila

• lila in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lila in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lila in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• illa

Borrowed from Spanish lila (“lilac”), from French lilac, from Arabic لِيلَك (līlak), from Persian نیلک (nilak), from نیل (nil, “dark blue”), from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl), ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark blue”). Doublet of anyil and nila.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlila/ [ˈliː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: li‧la
• Homophone: Lila

lila (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜎ)

1. lilac (plant and flower)
2. lilac; pale purple (color/colour)

   lila:  

Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)

puti	abo, gris	itim
pula; krimson, pulang-pula	kahel; kayumanggi	dilaw; krema
kulay-dayap	lungti, lungtian, berde
turkesa	bughaw-langit, asul	bughaw, asul
lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom	mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura	rosas, kalimbahin

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlilaʔ/ [ˈliː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ilaʔ
• Syllabification: li‧la

lilà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜎ)

1. crucible

   Synonym: krisol

2. (by extension) pieces of clay or stone (used as a temporary stove)

   Synonyms: tungko, tungkuan

• lali

From Classical Malay ليلا (lela, lila).

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.la/

lila

1. a small, even shoulder-portable type of (colonial?) field gun, notably used in the East Indies

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

lila

1. to cry, to weep

lila

1. genitive singular of lil

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

-lila

1. (intransitive) to cry, to weep

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

lila

1. (anatomy) tongue

lila (comparative dehana lila, superlative tewr lila)

1. lilac, purple, violet (color/colour)

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

-lila

1. (intransitive) to cry, to weep
2. (intransitive) to lament, to mourn

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “lila”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lila (6.3)”