दल

दल

See also: दाल

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दल (dála).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪əl/, [d̪əl̪]
• Rhymes: -əl

Noun

दल • (dal) m (Urdu spelling دل‎)

1. group, team

   • हमारा दल में दरार पड़ गई है।

     hamārā dal mẽ darār paṛ gaī hai.

     A rift has occurred in our group.

2. party

   • इस बरस में, उदार दल अल्पमत में है।

     is baras mẽ, udār dal alpamat mẽ hai.

     This year, the Liberal Party is in the minority.

     पर्वतारोही दल लापता हो गया है।

     parvatārohī dal lāptā ho gayā hai.

     The mountaineering party has gone missing.

Declension

Declension of दल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दल dal	दल dal
oblique	दल dal	दलों dalõ
vocative	दल dal	दलो dalo

Synonyms

• (group): झुंड (jhuṇḍ)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “दल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 571

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬤᬮ (Balinese script)
• দল (Assamese script)
• দল (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌦𑌲 (Grantha script)
• દલ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦢꦭ (Javanese script)
• ទល (Khmer script)
• ದಲ (Kannada script)
• ທລ (Lao script)
• ദല (Malayalam script)
• 𑘟𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᡩᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဒလ (Burmese script)
• 𑦿𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଦଲ (Oriya script)
• ꢣꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖩 (Siddham script)
• දල (Sinhalese script)
• దల (Telugu script)
• ทล (Thai script)
• ད་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒪 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From the root दल् (dal, “to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split, divide”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ.lɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɐ.l̪ɐ/

Noun

दल • (dála) n

1. a fragment, a piece split off
2. part, a degree
3. detachment
4. dividing, splitting, division

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of दल (dála)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दलम् dálam	दले dále	दलानि / दला¹ dálāni / dálā¹
Vocative	दल dála	दले dále	दलानि / दला¹ dálāni / dálā¹
Accusative	दलम् dálam	दले dále	दलानि / दला¹ dálāni / dálā¹
Instrumental	दलेन dálena	दलाभ्याम् dálābhyām	दलैः / दलेभिः¹ dálaiḥ / dálebhiḥ¹
Dative	दलाय dálāya	दलाभ्याम् dálābhyām	दलेभ्यः dálebhyaḥ
Ablative	दलात् dálāt	दलाभ्याम् dálābhyām	दलेभ्यः dálebhyaḥ
Genitive	दलस्य dálasya	दलयोः dálayoḥ	दलानाम् dálānām
Locative	दले dále	दलयोः dálayoḥ	दलेषु dáleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: दल (dal)
  • Urdu: دل‎‎
• Kashmiri:
  • Arabic: دَل‎ (dal)
  • Devanagari: दल (dal)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “दल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0471.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “दल”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 070
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “दल”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 372
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 114
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0194