खेल्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬔᬾᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • খেল্ (Assamese script)
  • খেল্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰏𑰸𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀔𑁂𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌖𑍇𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ખેલ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਖੇਲੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦑꦺꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • ខេល៑ (Khmer script)
  • ಖೇಲ್ (Kannada script)
  • ເຂລ຺ (Lao script)
  • ഖേല് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘏𑘹𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠻᠧᠯ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡘᡝᠯ (Manchu script)
  • ခေလ် (Burmese script)
  • 𑦯𑧚𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐏𑐾𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଖେଲ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢓꢾꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆒𑆼𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖏𑖸𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ඛෙල් (Sinhalese script)
  • க²ேல் (Tamil script)
  • ఖేల్ (Telugu script)
  • เขลฺ (Thai script)
  • ཁེ་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒐𑒹𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Sanskritization of Prakrit 𑀔𑁂𑀮𑁆- (khĕl-) (compare क्ष्वेल् (kṣvel, “to leap, jump, play”)), which is of unclear or possible substrate origin. Perhaps from the same word family as क्ष्वेल्, क्रीड् (krīḍ, “to play; to jest”), क्रीळति (krīḷati, “to play”), केल् (kel, “to sport”).

Pronunciation

Root

खेल् • (khel)

  1. to shake, move to and fro, swing, tremble
  2. to play, sport

Derived terms
  • खेल (khela)
  • खेलति (khelati)
  • खेलन (khelana)
  • खेलनक (khelanaka)
  • खेलना (khelanā)
  • खेलम् (khelam)
  • खेलयति (khelayati)
  • खेला (khelā)
  • खेलि (kheli)
  • यथाखेलम् (yathākhelam)
  • लीलाखेल (līlākhela)
  • सखेलम् (sakhelam)
  • होलाखेलन (holākhelana)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “खेल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 340.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 146-147
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “khēḍ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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