दलाल

दलाल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَلّال‎ (dallāl), from Arabic دَلَّال‎ (dallāl, “auctioneer, broker, middleman, agent”). First attested as Old Hindi दलाल (dalāla).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.lɑːl/, [d̪ə.l̪äːl̪]

Noun

दलाल • (dalāl) m (Urdu spelling دَلَال‎)

1. broker, dealer, agent
2. pimp

Declension

Declension of दलाल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दलाल dalāl	दलाल dalāl
oblique	दलाल dalāl	दलालों dalālõ
vocative	दलाल dalāl	दलालो dalālo

Derived terms

• दलाली (dalālī)

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဒလန် (da.lan)
• → English: dalal, dalaal, Dalal

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दलाल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 483
• “दलाल”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَلّال‎ (dallāl), from Arabic دَلَّال‎ (dallāl, “auctioneer, broker, middleman, agent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ə.lal/

Noun

दलाल • (dalāl) m

1. broker, go-between

Derived terms

• दलाली (dalālī, “brokerage”)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “दलाल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 67.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “दलाल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 404
• Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “दलाल”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala, page 1620.

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Old Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَلّال‎ (dallāl), from Arabic دَلَّال‎ (dallāl, “auctioneer, broker, middleman, agent”). Compare Old Punjabi ਦਲਾਲੁ (dalālu), Middle Bengali দালাল (dālāla).

Noun

दलाल (dalāla)

1. broker

Derived terms

• दलाली (dalālī)

Descendants

• Hindustani: dalāl

  Hindi: दलाल

  • → Burmese: ဒလန် (da.lan)
  • → English: dalal, dalaal, Dalal

  Urdu: دَلَال‎

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, OCLC 853683653, page 538