# बिल्व
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बिल्व (bilva).

### Noun

बिल्व • (bilv) m
* bael fruit tree, bel, Bengal quince (Aegle marmelos)
    Synonyms: बेल (bel), श्रीफल (śrīphal), शोण्डिल्य (śoṇḍilya), शैलूष (śailūṣ), मालूर (mālūr), गन्धगर्भ (gandhagarbh), सदाफल (sadāphal), महाकपित्थ (mahākpitth), ग्रन्थिल (granthil), सिरफल (sirphal)

#### Meronyms

* (leaf) बिल्वपत्र (bilvapatra)

### References

* ↑ कुमार, अजय, सिंघल, टीना (n.d.) भेषज दर्पण (सचित्र)‎ (in Hindi), →ISBN, page 37

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बिल्व (bilva).

### Noun

बिल्व • (bilva) m
* bael fruit tree (Aegle marmelos)
    Synonym: बेल (bel)
* leaf of bael fruit tree
    Synonym: बेल (bel)
* bael fruit, Bengal quince
    Synonyms: बेल (bel), बेलफळ (belphaḷ), श्रीफल (śrīphal), श्रीफळ (śrīphaḷ), (unripe) बाळबेल (bāḷbel)

### References

* 1 2 3 Molesworth, James T. (1831) A Dictionary Muraṭ,hee & English‎, Bombay, page 738

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* विल्व (vilva)

### Alternative scripts

* বিল্ব (Assamese script)
* ᬩᬶᬮ᭄ᬯ (Balinese script)
* বিল্ব (Bengali script)
* 𑰤𑰰𑰩𑰿𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀩𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀯 (Brahmi script)
* ဗိလွ (Burmese script)
* બિલ્વ (Gujarati script)
* ਬਿਲ੍ਵ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌬𑌿𑌲𑍍𑌵 (Grantha script)
* ꦧꦶꦭ꧀ꦮ (Javanese script)
* 𑂥𑂱𑂪𑂹𑂫 (Kaithi script)
* ಬಿಲ್ವ (Kannada script)
* ពិល្វ (Khmer script)
* ພິລ຺ວ (Lao script)
* ബില്വ (Malayalam script)
* ᠪᡳᠯᠣᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘤𑘱𑘩𑘿𑘪 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠢᠯᢦ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧄𑧒𑧉𑧠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐧𑐶𑐮𑑂𑐰 (Newa script)
* ବିଲ୍ଵ (Odia script)
* ꢨꢶꢭ꣄ꢮ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆧𑆴𑆬𑇀𑆮 (Sharada script)
* 𑖤𑖰𑖩𑖿𑖪 (Siddham script)
* බිල‍්ව (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩲𑩑𑩽 𑪙𑩾 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚠𑚮𑚥𑚶𑚦 (Takri script)
* பி³ல்வ (Tamil script)
* బిల్వ (Telugu script)
* พิลฺว (Thai script)
* བི་ལྭ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒥𑒱𑒪𑓂𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨠𑨁𑨬𑩇𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From a Pre-Indo-Aryan substrate language, possibly Dravidian; compare Tamil விளா (viḷā), வெள்ளில் (veḷḷil).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bil.ʋɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bil̪.ʋɐ/

### Noun

बिल्व • (bilva) stem, m
* bael fruit tree, bel, Bengal quince (Aegle marmelos)
    Synonyms: कपीतन (kapītana), कर्कोटक (karkoṭaka), मालूर (mālūra), शाण्डिल्य (śāṇḍilya), शैलूष (śailūṣa), श्रीफल (śrīphala)

#### Derived terms

* बैल्व (bailva, adjective and noun)

#### Descendants

* Kashmiri:
** Devanagari script: ब्यल् (byal), बिल् (bil)
** Arabic script: بِل (bil)
* Prakrit: 𑀩𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (billa)
** Gujarati: બીલ (bīl)
** Hindi: बील (bīl)
** Punjabi: ਬਿਲ (bil)
* Pali: billa
* → Bengali: বিল্ব (billo)
* → English: bilwa, vilwa
* → Hindi: बिल्व (bilv)
* → Mon: ဗဳ (bī) (semi-learned)
* → Marathi: बिल्व (bilva)
* → Tamil: வில்வம் (vilvam)
* → Telugu: బిల్వము (bilvamu)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 226
* ↑ Witzel, Michael (1999) “Substrate Languages in Old Indo-Aryan (Ṛgvedic, Middle and Late Vedic)”, in Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies, volume 5, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 35.
* ↑ Haughton, Graves C. (1833) A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 2038