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तैल tail, and तेल tel[Prk. तेल्लं ; S. तैलं], s.m. Expressed oil (prepared from sesamum, mustard-seed, etc.); storax, gum, benzoin, incense:—tel bān karnā, v.t.=tel ćaṛhānā, q.v.:—tail-pāyikā, s.f., tail-pāyī, s.m., tail-pak, s.m. lit. 'Oil-drinker' ; a cockroach; any oildrinking beetle:—tail-parṇik, s.m. A kind of sandal:—tel-phal, s.m. Marriage presents, consisting of oil, cocoanuts, etc., sent by the bridegroom to the bride shortly before his own arrival to celebrate the marriage:—tel pelnā, v.n.=tel nikālnā, q.v.:—tel-tawākālā, adj. As black as an oiled baking-pan; glossy black:—tel ćaṛhānā(-par), To anoint the head, shoulders, and hands and feet of the bride and bridegroom with oil mixed with turmeric during the marriage ceremony; (hence) the marriage ceremony above described:—tail-ćaurikā, s.f. lit. 'Oil-stealer'; a cockroach:—tail-sphaṭik, s.m. Amber:—tail-kār, s.m. Oil manufacturer, oilman (=tailī):—tail-kiṭṭa, s.m. Oil-cake a cake made of oily seed:—tel lagānā(-meṅ), To apply oil (to), to rub oil (on), to oil, anoint:—tel-māsh utārnā, v.n. To show the (his or her) face in a cup of oil imbedded in pulse (to a convalescent person, or to one returned from a journey):—tail-mālī, s.f. A wick, the cotton of a lamp:—tel malnā, v.n.=tel lagānā, q.v.:—tel nikālnā(-kā), To express or to extract oil (from):—tel nikalnā(-kā), Oil to be expressed or extracted (from); oil or grease to exude (from); to sweat profusely (through heat, toil, etc.).
Origin: Hindi