# तल
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /t̪əl/, [t̪ɐl]
* Rhymes: -əl

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit तल (tala). Cognate with Marathi तळ (taḷ).

#### Noun

तल • (tal) m (Urdu spelling تل)
* bottom
    पोत समुद्र का तल पर है।pot samudra kā tal par hai.The ship is at the bottom of the sea.
* level (also धरातल (dharātal))
    मैं वही तल पर हूँ। ― ma͠i vahī tal par hū̃. ― I am on the same level.
* storey, floor (of a building)
    मैं प्रथम तल पर रहता हूँ।ma͠i pratham tal par rahtā hū̃.I live on the first floor.

##### Synonyms

* (storey): मंज़िल (manzil)
* (storey): तला (talā)

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “तल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* “तल”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “तल”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

तल • (tal)
* inflection of तलना (talnā):
** stem
** second-person singular intimate present imperative

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* তল (Assamese script)
* ᬢᬮ (Balinese script)
* তল (Bengali script)
* 𑰝𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀢𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* တလ (Burmese script)
* તલ (Gujarati script)
* ਤਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌤𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦠꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂞𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ತಲ (Kannada script)
* តល (Khmer script)
* ຕລ (Lao script)
* തല (Malayalam script)
* ᢠᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘝𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᢐᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦽𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐟𑐮 (Newa script)
* ତଲ (Odia script)
* ꢡꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆠𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖝𑖩 (Siddham script)
* තල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩫𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚙𑚥 (Takri script)
* தல (Tamil script)
* తల (Telugu script)
* ตล (Thai script)
* ཏ་ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒞𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨙𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *talam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *talam (“bottom, surface”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bottom, ground”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /tɐ.lɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /t̪ɐ.l̪ɐ/

### Noun

तल • (tala) stem, n or m
* surface, level, floor (of a house)
* the part underneath, lower part, base, bottom
* the palm of the hand
* the sole of the foot

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Bengali: তালা (tala)
* Hindi: तल (tal)
* Marathi: तळ (taḷ)
* Odia: ତଳେ (taḷe)
* Punjabi: ਥੱਲੇ (thalle)
* → Assamese: তল (tol)
* → Malayalam: തലം (talaṁ)
* → Telugu: తలము (talamu)

### Noun

तल • (tala) stem, m
* a span
* the handle of a sword
* the palmyra tree
* the forearm
* pressing the strings of a lute with the left hand
* talātala - name of a hell

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Noun

तल • (tala) stem, n
* the heart
* a pond
* a pit
* a forest
* the root or seed of events

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “तल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 440/2-3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 637