डाल

डाल

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit डाल (ḍāla). Cognate with Marathi डहाळा (ḍahāḷā), Punjabi ਡਾਲ (ḍāl).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɖɑːl/, [ɖäːl̪]

Noun

डाल • (ḍāl) f (Urdu spelling ڈال‎)

1. branch, bough

Declension

Declension of डाल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	डाल ḍāl	डालें ḍālẽ
oblique	डाल ḍāl	डालों ḍālõ
vocative	डाल ḍāl	डालो ḍālo

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬟᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
• ডাল (Assamese script)
• ডাল (Bengali script)
• 𑰚𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀟𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌡𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ડાલ (Gujarati script)
• ਡਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦝꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
• ឌាល (Khmer script)
• ಡಾಲ (Kannada script)
• ຑາລ (Lao script)
• ഡാല (Malayalam script)
• 𑘚𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢎᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᡷᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဍာလ (Burmese script)
• 𑦺𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐜𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଡାଲ (Oriya script)
• ꢞꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆝𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖚𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
• ඩාල (Sinhalese script)
• డాల (Telugu script)
• ฑาล (Thai script)
• ཌཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒛𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From a substrate language.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɖɑː.lɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɖɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

डाल • (ḍāla) m

1. a branch

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of डाल (ḍāla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	डालः ḍālaḥ	डालौ ḍālau	डालाः / डालासः¹ ḍālāḥ / ḍālāsaḥ¹
Vocative	डाल ḍāla	डालौ ḍālau	डालाः / डालासः¹ ḍālāḥ / ḍālāsaḥ¹
Accusative	डालम् ḍālam	डालौ ḍālau	डालान् ḍālān
Instrumental	डालेन ḍālena	डालाभ्याम् ḍālābhyām	डालैः / डालेभिः¹ ḍālaiḥ / ḍālebhiḥ¹
Dative	डालाय ḍālāya	डालाभ्याम् ḍālābhyām	डालेभ्यः ḍālebhyaḥ
Ablative	डालात् ḍālāt	डालाभ्याम् ḍālābhyām	डालेभ्यः ḍālebhyaḥ
Genitive	डालस्य ḍālasya	डालयोः ḍālayoḥ	डालानाम् ḍālānām
Locative	डाले ḍāle	डालयोः ḍālayoḥ	डालेषु ḍāleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ḍāla¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “डाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 430.