ईळे

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Híẓḍay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hížday, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eysd- (“to praise, worship laud”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (aistan, “to revere”). In the Rigveda, ḷ is metrically a cluster, suggesting a Rigvedic íẓḍai.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /íː.ɭ̆ɐj/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.ɭ̆eː/

ईळे • (ī́ḷe) (pronounced ī́ḷai or íẓḍai) (Vedic)

1. first-person singular middle present of ईट्टे (ī́ṭṭe)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1:

     अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवं ऋत्वीजम्।
     होतारं रत्नधातमम् ॥

     agnimīḷe purohitaṃ yajñasya devaṃ ṛtvījam.
     hotāraṃ ratnadhātamam .

     I laud Agni, the chosen priest, God, minister of sacrifice, the hotar, lavishest of wealth.