# lila
## English
### Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit लीला (līlā).

### Noun

lila (uncountable)
* (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.

### See also

* malanga lila (etymologically unrelated)

### Anagrams

* Lail

## Bavarian
### Etymology

From French lilas. Cognate with German lila.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɪ.lɐ/, /ˈliː.lɐ/
** Audio:(file)

### Adjective

lila
* purple, violet (color/colour)
    Synonym: violett

#### See also

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 |

## Catalan
### Etymology

From lilà.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈli.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈli.la]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Adjective

lila m or f (masculine and feminine plural liles)
* lilac

### Noun

lila m (plural liles)
* lilac (color/colour)

### See also

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 |

### Further reading

* “lila” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: li‧la

### Noun

lila
* lilac; a large shrub of the genus Syringa
* a flower of the lilac shrub
* a pale purple colour/color, the colour of some lilac flowers

### Adjective

lila
* having a pale purple colour

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɪla]

### Participle

lila
* inflection of lít:
** feminine singular past active participle
** neuter plural past active participle

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.laː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: li‧la

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

lila n (plural lila's, diminutive lilaatje n)
* lilac (color)

#### Adjective

lila (invariable, comparative meer lila, superlative meest lila)
* lilac

##### Derived terms

* donkerlila
* lichtlila
* lila-achtig
* lilablauw
* lilabruin
* lilakleurig

##### Descendants

* → Indonesian: lila

### Etymology 2

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

#### Alternative forms

* lilla

#### Noun

lila ? (plural lila's, diminutive lilaatje n)
* a small, even shoulder-portable type of (colonial?) field gun, notably used in the East Indies

## Fanagalo
### Etymology

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

### Verb

lila
* to cry, to weep

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli(ː)lɑ/, [ˈli(ː)lɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ilɑ
* Hyphenation: li‧la

### Adjective

lila (comparative lilempi or lilampi, superlative liloin or lilin)
* Alternative form of liila

#### Declension

Possessive forms of lila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lilani
lilani
accusative
nom.
lilani
lilani
gen.
lilani
genitive
lilani
lilojeni lilaini $^{rare}$
partitive
lilaani
lilojani
inessive
lilassani
liloissani
elative
lilastani
liloistani
illative
lilaani
liloihini
adessive
lilallani
liloillani
ablative
lilaltani
liloiltani
allative
lilalleni
liloilleni
essive
lilanani
liloinani
translative
lilakseni
liloikseni
abessive
lilattani
liloittani
instructive
comitative
—liloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lilasi
lilasi
accusative
nom.
lilasi
lilasi
gen.
lilasi
genitive
lilasi
lilojesi lilaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
lilaasi
lilojasi
inessive
lilassasi
liloissasi
elative
lilastasi
liloistasi
illative
lilaasi
liloihisi
adessive
lilallasi
liloillasi
ablative
lilaltasi
liloiltasi
allative
lilallesi
liloillesi
essive
lilanasi
liloinasi
translative
lilaksesi
liloiksesi
abessive
lilattasi
liloittasi
instructive
comitative
—liloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lilamme
lilamme
accusative
nom.
lilamme
lilamme
gen.
lilamme
genitive
lilamme
lilojemme lilaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
lilaamme
lilojamme
inessive
lilassamme
liloissamme
elative
lilastamme
liloistamme
illative
lilaamme
liloihimme
adessive
lilallamme
liloillamme
ablative
lilaltamme
liloiltamme
allative
lilallemme
liloillemme
essive
lilanamme
liloinamme
translative
lilaksemme
liloiksemme
abessive
lilattamme
liloittamme
instructive
comitative
—liloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lilanne
lilanne
accusative
nom.
lilanne
lilanne
gen.
lilanne
genitive
lilanne
lilojenne lilainne $^{rare}$
partitive
lilaanne
lilojanne
inessive
lilassanne
liloissanne
elative
lilastanne
liloistanne
illative
lilaanne
liloihinne
adessive
lilallanne
liloillanne
ablative
lilaltanne
liloiltanne
allative
lilallenne
liloillenne
essive
lilananne
liloinanne
translative
lilaksenne
liloiksenne
abessive
lilattanne
liloittanne
instructive
comitative
—liloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lilansa
lilansa
accusative
nom.
lilansa
lilansa
gen.
lilansa
genitive
lilansa
lilojensa lilainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
lilaansa
lilojaan lilojansa
inessive
lilassaan lilassansa
liloissaan liloissansa
elative
lilastaan lilastansa
liloistaan liloistansa
illative
lilaansa
liloihinsa
adessive
lilallaan lilallansa
liloillaan liloillansa
ablative
lilaltaan lilaltansa
liloiltaan liloiltansa
allative
lilalleen lilallensa
liloilleen liloillensa
essive
lilanaan lilanansa
liloinaan liloinansa
translative
lilakseen lilaksensa
liloikseen liloiksensa
abessive
lilattaan lilattansa
liloittaan liloittansa
instructive
comitative
—liloineen liloinensa :

### Noun

lila
* Alternative form of liila

#### Declension

Possessive forms of lila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lilani
lilani
accusative
nom.
lilani
lilani
gen.
lilani
genitive
lilani
lilojeni lilaini $^{rare}$
partitive
lilaani
lilojani
inessive
lilassani
liloissani
elative
lilastani
liloistani
illative
lilaani
liloihini
adessive
lilallani
liloillani
ablative
lilaltani
liloiltani
allative
lilalleni
liloilleni
essive
lilanani
liloinani
translative
lilakseni
liloikseni
abessive
lilattani
liloittani
instructive
comitative
—liloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lilasi
lilasi
accusative
nom.
lilasi
lilasi
gen.
lilasi
genitive
lilasi
lilojesi lilaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
lilaasi
lilojasi
inessive
lilassasi
liloissasi
elative
lilastasi
liloistasi
illative
lilaasi
liloihisi
adessive
lilallasi
liloillasi
ablative
lilaltasi
liloiltasi
allative
lilallesi
liloillesi
essive
lilanasi
liloinasi
translative
lilaksesi
liloiksesi
abessive
lilattasi
liloittasi
instructive
comitative
—liloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lilamme
lilamme
accusative
nom.
lilamme
lilamme
gen.
lilamme
genitive
lilamme
lilojemme lilaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
lilaamme
lilojamme
inessive
lilassamme
liloissamme
elative
lilastamme
liloistamme
illative
lilaamme
liloihimme
adessive
lilallamme
liloillamme
ablative
lilaltamme
liloiltamme
allative
lilallemme
liloillemme
essive
lilanamme
liloinamme
translative
lilaksemme
liloiksemme
abessive
lilattamme
liloittamme
instructive
comitative
—liloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lilanne
lilanne
accusative
nom.
lilanne
lilanne
gen.
lilanne
genitive
lilanne
lilojenne lilainne $^{rare}$
partitive
lilaanne
lilojanne
inessive
lilassanne
liloissanne
elative
lilastanne
liloistanne
illative
lilaanne
liloihinne
adessive
lilallanne
liloillanne
ablative
lilaltanne
liloiltanne
allative
lilallenne
liloillenne
essive
lilananne
liloinanne
translative
lilaksenne
liloiksenne
abessive
lilattanne
liloittanne
instructive
comitative
—liloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lilansa
lilansa
accusative
nom.
lilansa
lilansa
gen.
lilansa
genitive
lilansa
lilojensa lilainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
lilaansa
lilojaan lilojansa
inessive
lilassaan lilassansa
liloissaan liloissansa
elative
lilastaan lilastansa
liloistaan liloistansa
illative
lilaansa
liloihinsa
adessive
lilallaan lilallansa
liloillaan liloillansa
ablative
lilaltaan lilaltansa
liloiltaan liloiltansa
allative
lilalleen lilallensa
liloilleen liloillensa
essive
lilanaan lilanansa
liloinaan liloinansa
translative
lilakseen lilaksensa
liloikseen liloiksensa
abessive
lilattaan lilattansa
liloittaan liloittansa
instructive
comitative
—liloineen liloinensa :

### Further reading

* “lila”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* -illa, Alli, alli

## German
### Etymology

From French lilas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliːla/ (standard)
* IPA: /ˈlɪla/ (regional; overall rather rare)
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: li‧la

### Adjective

lila (indeclinable) or (informal) lila (strong nominative masculine singular lilaner or (rare) lilaer, not comparable)
* lilac, purple, violet (color/colour)
    Synonyms: fliederfarben; (at least in common usage) violett

#### Usage notes

* The adjective is usually treated as invariable in the formal standard language, thus neither declined forms nor comparation 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.

#### Declension

$^1$Rare.

#### Derived terms

* Lila n

### Further reading

* “lila” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “lila” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “lila” in Duden online
* lila on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlilɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: li‧la
* Rhymes: -lɒ

### Adjective

lila (comparative lilább, superlative leglilább)
* purple, violet (color/colour)

#### Derived terms

* lilás
* lilul
* halványlila
* lilaakác
* orgonalila
* padlizsánlila
* püspöklila
* sötétlila
* lila béka
* lila burgonya
* lila csenkesz
* lila dollármadár
* lila hagyma
* lila kardoskolibri
* lila kígyócsillag
* lila ökörfarkkóró
* lila pereszke
* lila pénzecskegomba
* lila skorpióhal
* lila tejelőgomba
* lila tengerisün

### See also

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 |

### Further reading

* lila in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /li.la/
* Rhymes: -la
* Hyphenation: li‧la

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

lila (uncountable)
* lilac:
** a pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.
    lila:
    Synonym: ungu lembut (Standard Malay)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

lila (plural lila-lila)
* (archaic) small cannons made of copper or bronze

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

lila
* Dated spelling of rela.

### Further reading

* “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

## Makasar
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlila]

### Noun

lila (Lontara spelling ᨒᨗᨒ)
* (anatomy) tongue

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Lila.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.la/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ila
* Syllabification: li‧la

### Adjective

lila (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* lilac, violet (color/colour)
    Synonyms: jasnofioletowy, liliowy
    lila:

#### Derived terms

* liliowy

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “lila”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “lila”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

### Further reading

* 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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French lilas.

### Adjective

lila m or f or n (indeclinable)
* lilac (color/colour)

#### Declension
## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

### Verb

-lila
* to cry, to weep

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlila/ [ˈli.la]
* Rhymes: -ila
* Syllabification: li‧la

### Noun

lila f (plural lilas)
* lilac (flower)
* lilac (bush)

#### Derived terms

* lila de las Indias

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: lila
* → Tagalog: lila

### Noun

lila m (plural lilas)
* lilac (color/colour)
* (dated) twit; idiot

### Adjective

lila m or f (masculine and feminine plural lilas)
* lilac, purple, violet

#### See also

* morado
* violeta

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

lila class IX (plural lila class X)
* goodness
    Synonym: uzuri

### References

* ↑ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 212 No. 1911

## Swazi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

### Verb

-lila
* (intransitive) to cry, to weep

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

lila n
* purple, lilac (color/colour)

### Adjective

lila (comparative mer lila, superlative mest lila)
* purple, lilac (color/colour)

### Usage notes

Between blue and red and blueish rather than reddish (compare purpur).

### See also

* gredelin
* purpur
* violett

### Descendants

* → Finnish: liila, lila

### References

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

### Anagrams

* illa

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

lila (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜎ)
* lilac (plant and flower)
* lilac; pale purple (color/colour)
    lila:

##### See also

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 |

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

lilà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜎ)
* crucible
    Synonym: krisol
* (by extension) pieces of clay or stone (used as a temporary stove)
    Synonyms: tungko, tungkuan

### Anagrams

* lali

## Ternate
### Etymology

From Classical Malay ليلا (lela, lila).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈli.la]

### Noun

lila
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### References

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

## Venda
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

### Verb

lila
* to cry, to weep

## Volapük
### Noun

lila
* genitive singular of lil

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

### Verb

-lila
* (intransitive) to cry, to weep

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Yami
### Noun

lila
* (anatomy) tongue

## Zazaki
### Adjective

lila (comparative dehana lila, superlative tewr lila)
* lilac, purple, violet (color/colour)

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

### Verb

-lila
* (intransitive) to cry, to weep
* (intransitive) to lament, to mourn

#### Inflection
### References

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