तल

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪əl/, [t̪ɐl]
• Rhymes: -əl

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

तल • (tal) m (Urdu spelling تل)

1. bottom

   पोत समुद्र का तल पर है। ― pot samudra kā tal par hai. ― The ship is at the bottom of the sea.

2. level (also धरातल (dharātal))

   मैं वही तल पर हूँ। ― ma͠i vahī tal par hū̃. ― I am on the same level.

3. storey, floor (of a building)

   मैं प्रथम तल पर रहता हूँ।

   ma͠i pratham tal par rahtā hū̃.

   I live on the first floor.

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

• 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.

तल • (tal)

1. inflection of तलना (talnā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular intimate present imperative

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ́.lɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐ.l̪ɐ/

तल • (tála) stem, m or n

1. surface, level, floor (of a house)
2. the part underneath, lower part, base, bottom
3. the palm of the hand
4. the sole of the foot

• Hindi: तल (tal)
• Bengali: তলা (tola)
• → Malayalam: തലം (talaṁ)
• Marathi: तळ (taḷ)

तल • (tála) stem, m

1. a span
2. the handle of a sword
3. the palmyra tree
4. the forearm
5. pressing the strings of a lute with the left hand
6. talātala - name of a hell

तल • (tála) stem, n

1. the heart
2. a pond
3. a pit
4. a forest
5. the root or seed of events

• 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