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/

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Noun

दिल • (dil) m (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

• (heart): हृदय (hŕday), हिया (hiyā)

Related terms

• दिलख़राश (dilaxrāś)
• दिल्लगी (dillagī)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दिल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “दिल”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Marathi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪il/, [d̪iːl]

Noun

दिल • (dil) m

1. (rare) heart, mind

   Synonyms: अंतःकरण (antaḥkaraṇ), मन (man), हृदय (hruday)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “दिल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary‎^[1], 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