खेल्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬔᬾᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
খেল্ (Assamese script)
খেল্ (Bengali script)
𑰏𑰸𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀔𑁂𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌖𑍇𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
ખેલ્ (Gujarati script)
ਖੇਲੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦑꦺꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
ខេល៑ (Khmer script)
ಖೇಲ್ (Kannada script)
ເຂລ຺ (Lao script)
ഖേല് (Malayalam script)
𑘏𑘹𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠻᠧᠯ (Mongolian script)
ᡘᡝᠯ (Manchu script)
ခေလ် (Burmese script)
𑦯𑧚𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐏𑐾𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
ଖେଲ୍ (Oriya script)
ꢓꢾꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆒𑆼𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖏𑖸𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
ඛේල් (Sinhalese script)
ఖేల్ (Telugu script)
เขลฺ (Thai script)
ཁེ་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒐𑒹𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Sanskritization of Prakrit 𑀔𑁂𑀮𑁆- (khĕl-) (compare क्ष्वेल् (kṣvel, “to leap, jump, play”)), which is of unclear or possible substrate origin. Compare क्रीड् (krīḍ) and क्रीळति (krīḷati, “to play”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐjl/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kʰeːl̪/

Root

खेल् • (khel)

to shake, move to and fro, swing, tremble
to play, sport

Derived terms

खेल (khela)
खेलति (khelati)
खेलन (khelana)
खेलनक (khelanaka)
खेलना (khelanā)
खेलम् (khelam)
खेलयति (khelayati)
खेला (khelā)
खेलि (kheli)
यथाखेलम् (yathākhelam)
लीलाखेल (līlākhela)
सखेलम् (sakhelam)
होलाखेलन (holākhelana)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “खेल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 340.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “khēḍ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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