# तिल
## Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀮 (tila), from Sanskrit तिल (tila). Compare Punjabi ਤਿਲ (til) / تِل (til), Gujarati તલ (tal), Marathi तीळ (tīḷ), Bengali তিল (til), Assamese তিল (til).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /t̪ɪl/

### Noun

तिल • (til) m (Urdu spelling تِل)
* sesame (Sesamum indicum), benniseed, gingelly
* mole (facial feature)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tilá¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tila²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तिल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* tila (Latin script)
* 𑀢𑀺𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* তিল (Bengali script)
* තිල (Sinhalese script)
* တိလ (Burmese script)
* ติล or ติละ (Thai script)
* ᨲᩥᩃ (Tai Tham script)
* ຕິລ or ຕິລະ (Lao script)
* តិល (Khmer script)
* 𑄖𑄨𑄣 (Chakma script)

### Noun

तिल n
* Devanagari script form of tila (“sesame”)

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

* তিল (Assamese script)
* ᬢᬶᬮ (Balinese script)
* তিল (Bengali script)
* 𑰝𑰰𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀢𑀺𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* တိလ (Burmese script)
* તિલ (Gujarati script)
* ਤਿਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌤𑌿𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦠꦶꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂞𑂱𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ತಿಲ (Kannada script)
* តិល (Khmer script)
* ຕິລ (Lao script)
* തില (Malayalam script)
* ᢠᡳᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘝𑘱𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᢐᠢᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦽𑧒𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐟𑐶𑐮 (Newa script)
* ତିଲ (Odia script)
* ꢡꢶꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆠𑆴𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖝𑖰𑖩 (Siddham script)
* තිල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩫𑩑𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚙𑚮𑚥 (Takri script)
* தில (Tamil script)
* తిల (Telugu script)
* ติล (Thai script)
* ཏི་ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒞𑒱𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨙𑨁𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Munda, compare Korku [script needed] (telamiɲ, “sesame”). Alternatively, related to Ossetian тиллӕг (tillæg, “grain, corn”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ti.lɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈt̪i.l̪ɐ/

### Noun

तिल • (tila) stem, m
* Sesamum indicum (its blossom is compared to the nose), sesame seed (much used in cookery; supposed to have originated from Vishnu's sweat-drops)
* particle

#### Derived terms

* तैल (taila)
* जर्तिल (jartila)
* तिलोत्तमा (tilottamā)

#### Descendants

* Helu Prakrit:
** Dhivehi: ތިލެޔޮކޯޅި (tileyokōḷi)
** Sinhalese: තල (tala)
* Magadhi Prakrit:
** Early Assamese: তিল (tilo)
*** Assamese: তিল (til)
** Bengali: তিল (til)
** Maithili: तिल (til)
** Odia: ତିଳ (tiḷa)
* Maharastri Prakrit:
** Old Marathi: तीळ (tīḷa)
*** Marathi: तीळ (tīḷ)
* Pali: tila
* Sauraseni Prakrit:
** Gujarati: તલ (tal)
** Hindi: तिल (til)
** Nepali: तिल (til)
** Punjabi: ਤਿਲ (til)
* → Angkorian Old Khmer: [script needed] (tila), [script needed] (tilaka)
** Khmer: តិលក (tĕlkâ)
* → Old Javanese: [script needed] (tila)
* → Malayalam: തിലം (tilaṁ)
* → Telugu: తిలము (tilamu), తిలం (tilaṁ), తిలలు (tilalu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “तिल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 448, column 1.
* ↑ http://sealang.net/munda/dictionary/
* ↑ According to Harold Walter Bailey in BSOAS 23 (1960), p. 38