sīla

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शील (śīla).

Noun

sīla n

  1. nature; habit
  2. moral practice; code of morality

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Burmese: သီလ (sila.)
  • → Khmer: សីល (səl)
  • → Lao: ສິນ (sin)
  • → Lü: ᦉᦲᧃ (ṡiin)
  • → Northern Thai: ᩈᩦ᩠ᩃ
  • → Shan: သီႇလႃႉ (sìi lâ̰a), သိၼ် (sǐn)
  • → Sinhalese: සීල (sīla)
  • → Thai: สีล (sǐil)
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