# बिल
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bɪl/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀺𑀮 (bila), from Sanskrit बिल (bíla). Cognate with Assamese বিল (bil, “lake”) and Marathi बीळ (bīḷ, “hole”).

#### Noun

बिल • (bil) m (Urdu spelling بِل)
* hole
    Synonym: छेद (ched)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bill.

#### Noun

बिल • (bil) m (Urdu spelling بِل)
* check, bill
* (law) bill

##### Synonyms

* प्राप्यक (prāpyak)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बिल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Old Gujarati
### Etymology

From Sanskrit बिल (bila).

### Noun

बिल • (bila)
* hole, den

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* bila (Latin script)
* 𑀩𑀺𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* বিল (Bengali script)
* බිල (Sinhalese script)
* ဗိလ or ၿိလ (Burmese script)
* พิล or พิละ (Thai script)
* ᨻᩥᩃ (Tai Tham script)
* ພິລ or ພິລະ (Lao script)
* ពិល (Khmer script)
* 𑄝𑄨𑄣 (Chakma script)

### Noun

बिल n
* Devanagari script form of bila

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* বিল (Assamese script)
* ᬩᬶᬮ (Balinese script)
* বিল (Bengali script)
* 𑰤𑰰𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀩𑀺𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* ဗိလ (Burmese script)
* બિલ (Gujarati script)
* ਬਿਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌬𑌿𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦧꦶꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂥𑂱𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ಬಿಲ (Kannada script)
* ពិល (Khmer script)
* ພິລ (Lao script)
* ബില (Malayalam script)
* ᠪᡳᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘤𑘱𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠢᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧄𑧒𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐧𑐶𑐮 (Newa script)
* ବିଲ (Odia script)
* ꢨꢶꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆧𑆴𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖤𑖰𑖩 (Siddham script)
* බිල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩲𑩑𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚠𑚮𑚥 (Takri script)
* பி³ல (Tamil script)
* బిల (Telugu script)
* พิล (Thai script)
* བི་ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒥𑒱𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨠𑨁𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Of unclear origin.
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“to dig, cut off?”) and connected with Irish bealach (“way, road”), Welsh bwlch (“gap, pass”), and Old Armenian պեղեմ (pełem, “to dig, hollow”). However, Mayrhofer is skeptical of this derivation, and prefers to take the word as a Dravidian borrowing (as per Burrow, Kuiper, and Turner), comparing Malayalam വിള്ളല് (viḷḷalŭ, “crack, cavity”) and Tamil விள்ளு (viḷḷu, “to burst open”)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bí.lɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈbi.l̪ɐ/

### Noun

बिल • (bíla) stem, n
* a cave, hole, pit, opening, aperture
* the hollow (of a dish), bowl (of a spoon or ladle)

#### Descendants

* → Tamil: பிலம் (pilam)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “बिल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 732/1.
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 225
* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 96
* ↑ Petersson, Herbert (1916) “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 47, number 3/4, pages 264–265
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 431-2
* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bila”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press