sīla
See also: sila, Sila, síla, silá, silã, silā, silă, siła, siłą, Siła, and Sıla
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀲𑀻𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- सील (Devanagari script)
- সীল (Bengali script)
- සීල (Sinhalese script)
- သီလ or သဳလ (Burmese script)
- สีล or สีละ (Thai script)
- ᩈᩦᩃ (Tai Tham script)
- ສີລ or ສີລະ (Lao script)
- សីល (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄩𑄣 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit शील (śīla).
Noun
sīla n
- nature; habit
- moral practice; code of morality
Declension
Declension table of "sīla" (neuter)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | sīlaṃ | sīlāni |
| Accusative (second) | sīlaṃ | sīlāni |
| Instrumental (third) | sīlena | sīlehi or sīlebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | sīlassa or sīlāya or sīlatthaṃ | sīlānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | sīlasmā or sīlamhā or sīlā | sīlehi or sīlebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | sīlassa | sīlānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | sīlasmiṃ or sīlamhi or sīle | sīlesu |
| Vocative (calling) | sīla | sīlāni |
Derived terms
- sīlakkhandha
- sīlavipatti
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)