Tala · neuter · thala 1
land
Thala 1 (neuter) [Vedic sthala, to sthā, original standing place; cf. Greek στέλλω, στόλος; Anglo-Saxon steall (place); also Pāli thaṇḍila] dry ground, viz. high, raised (opposite low) or solid, firm (opposite water) S IV 179. As plateau opposed to ninna (low lying place) at Snp 30 (Pj II 42 = ukkūla); Dhp 98; It 66 = S I 100 (megho thalaṃ ninnañ ca pūreti); Pv-a 29 (= unnatapadesa). As dry land, terra firma opposed to jala at Dhp 34; Ja I 107, 222; Pv IV 1 21 ; Pv-a 260. As firm, even ground or safe place at D I 234; Snp 946. Cf. Ja III 53; IV 142; Vism 185. -gocara living on land Ja II 159; -ja sprung from land (opposite vārija Dhp 34 or udakarūha Vv 35 6 = water-plant); referring to plants A I 35; Ja I 51; Vv 35 6 (= yodhikādikā Vv-a 162); Miln 281; -ṭṭha standing on firm ground A II 241; -patha a road by land (opposite jala° by water) Ja I 121; III 188. Thala 2 (neuter) [probably dialectical variant of tharu] the haft of a sword, the scabbard Ja III 221 (reading uncertain).
thala ( nt. , = Pali id. , MIndic for Skt. sthala), dry land : Mv iii.32.2, 11 ( v.l. sthala in both: prose).
dry land; firm ground; high ground; a plateau
【中】 陸地；旱地。~gocara,【形】 倚賴土地生活。~jā,【形】 從土地長出。~ṭṭha,【形】 被置在地上的。~patha,【陽】 陸路。
(nt, nt, from thalati) dry land; firm ground; terra firma land, dry ground Construction: √thal + a
(nt, nt, from thalati) highlands; high ground; plateau Construction: √thal + a