तल

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

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

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 (mãzil)
• (storey): तला (talā)

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “तल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “तल”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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) 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)
• → Malayalam: തലം (talaṃ)
• Marathi: तळ (taḷ)

तल • (tála) 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) 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, page 440.