बाल
See also: बालू
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bɑːl/, [bäːl̪]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla). Cognate with Assamese বাল (bal, “pubic hair”).
Noun
बाल • (bāl) m (Urdu spelling بال)
- hair
- इस लड़की के पास बहुत लंबे-लंबे बाल हैं।
- is laṛkī ke pās bahut lambe-lambe bāl ha͠i.
- This girl has very long hair.
- बालों की ज़ुल्फ़ें
- bālõ kī zulfẽ
- tresses of the hair
- Synonym: केश (keś)
Declension
Declension of बाल (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | बाल bāl | बाल bāl |
| oblique | बाल bāl | बालों bālõ |
| vocative | बाल bāl | बालो bālo |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).
Noun
बाल • (bāl) m (Urdu spelling بال)
- (chiefly in compounds) child, boy
- Synonym: बच्चा (baccā)
Declension
Declension of बाल (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | बाल bāl | बाल bāl |
| oblique | बाल bāl | बालों bālõ |
| vocative | बाल bāl | बालो bālo |
Derived terms
- बालकेलि (bālkeli, “infantile fun, childish frolic”)
- बाल-बच्चे (bāl-bacce, “children”)
- बाल-बुद्धि (bāl-buddhi, “childishness, puerility”)
- बाल-वध (bāl-vadh, “infanticide”)
- बाल-विधवा (bāl-vidhvā, “child widow”)
- बाल-विवाह (bāl-vivāh, “child marriage”)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बाल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “बाल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “बाल”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- bāla (Latin script)
- 𑀩𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- বাল (Bengali script)
- බාල (Sinhalese script)
- ဗာလ or ၿႃလ (Burmese script)
- พาล or พาละ (Thai script)
- ᨻᩣᩃ (Tai Tham script)
- ພາລ or ພາລະ (Lao script)
- ពាល (Khmer script)
- 𑄝𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)
Noun
बाल m
- Devanagari script form of bāla (“child, fool”)
- Devanagari script form of bāla (“hair”)
Declension
Declension table of "बाल" (masculine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | बालो (bālo) | बाला (bālā) |
| Accusative (second) | बालं (bālaṃ) | बाले (bāle) |
| Instrumental (third) | बालेन (bālena) | बालेहि (bālehi) or बालेभि (bālebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | बालस्स (bālassa) or बालाय (bālāya) or बालत्थं (bālatthaṃ) | बालानं (bālānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | बालस्मा (bālasmā) or बालम्हा (bālamhā) or बाला (bālā) | बालेहि (bālehi) or बालेभि (bālebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | बालस्स (bālassa) | बालानं (bālānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | बालस्मिं (bālasmiṃ) or बालम्हि (bālamhi) or बाले (bāle) | बालेसु (bālesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | बाल (bāla) | बाला (bālā) |
Adjective
बाल
- Devanagari script form of bāla (“young”)
Declension
Declension table of "बाल" (masculine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | बालो (bālo) | बाला (bālā) |
| Accusative (second) | बालं (bālaṃ) | बाले (bāle) |
| Instrumental (third) | बालेन (bālena) | बालेहि (bālehi) or बालेभि (bālebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | बालस्स (bālassa) or बालाय (bālāya) or बालत्थं (bālatthaṃ) | बालानं (bālānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | बालस्मा (bālasmā) or बालम्हा (bālamhā) or बाला (bālā) | बालेहि (bālehi) or बालेभि (bālebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | बालस्स (bālassa) | बालानं (bālānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | बालस्मिं (bālasmiṃ) or बालम्हि (bālamhi) or बाले (bāle) | बालेसु (bālesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | बाल (bāla) | बाला (bālā) |
Declension table of "बाला" (feminine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | बाला (bālā) | बालायो (bālāyo) or बाला (bālā) |
| Accusative (second) | बालं (bālaṃ) | बालायो (bālāyo) or बाला (bālā) |
| Instrumental (third) | बालाय (bālāya) | बालाहि (bālāhi) or बालाभि (bālābhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | बालाय (bālāya) | बालानं (bālānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | बालाय (bālāya) | बालाहि (bālāhi) or बालाभि (bālābhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | बालाय (bālāya) | बालानं (bālānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | बालाय (bālāya) or बालायं (bālāyaṃ) | बालासु (bālāsu) |
| Vocative (calling) | बाले (bāle) | बालायो (bālāyo) or बाला (bālā) |
Declension table of "बाल" (neuter)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | बालं (bālaṃ) | बालानि (bālāni) |
| Accusative (second) | बालं (bālaṃ) | बालानि (bālāni) |
| Instrumental (third) | बालेन (bālena) | बालेहि (bālehi) or बालेभि (bālebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | बालस्स (bālassa) or बालाय (bālāya) or बालत्थं (bālatthaṃ) | बालानं (bālānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | बालस्मा (bālasmā) or बालम्हा (bālamhā) or बाला (bālā) | बालेहि (bālehi) or बालेभि (bālebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | बालस्स (bālassa) | बालानं (bālānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | बालस्मिं (bālasmiṃ) or बालम्हि (bālamhi) or बाले (bāle) | बालेसु (bālesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | बाल (bāla) | बालानि (bālāni) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬩᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
- বাল (Assamese script)
- বাল (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌬𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
- બાલ (Gujarati script)
- ਬਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦧꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
- ពាល (Khmer script)
- ಬಾಲ (Kannada script)
- ພາລ (Lao script)
- ബാല (Malayalam script)
- 𑘤𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠪᠠ᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဗာလ (Burmese script)
- 𑧄𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
- ବାଲ (Oriya script)
- ꢨꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
- බාල (Sinhalese script)
- బాల (Telugu script)
- พาล (Thai script)
- བཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bɑː.lɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbɑː.l̪ɐ/
Noun
बाल • (bāla) m
- boy; child
- न बालः अस्मि।
- na bālaḥ asmi.
- I am not a boy.
- fool, simpleton
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of बाल (bāla) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | बालः bālaḥ | बालौ bālau | बालाः / बालासः¹ bālāḥ / bālāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | बाल bāla | बालौ bālau | बालाः / बालासः¹ bālāḥ / bālāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | बालम् bālam | बालौ bālau | बालान् bālān |
| Instrumental | बालेन bālena | बालाभ्याम् bālābhyām | बालैः / बालेभिः¹ bālaiḥ / bālebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | बालाय bālāya | बालाभ्याम् bālābhyām | बालेभ्यः bālebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | बालात् bālāt | बालाभ्याम् bālābhyām | बालेभ्यः bālebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | बालस्य bālasya | बालयोः bālayoḥ | बालानाम् bālānām |
| Locative | बाले bāle | बालयोः bālayoḥ | बालेषु bāleṣu |
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Derived terms
- बालक (bālaka)
- बालकेलि (bālakeli)
Descendants
- → Assamese: বাল (bal)
- Bengali: বাল (bal)
- → Gujarati: બાળ (bāḷ)
- → Hindi: बाल (bāl)
- → Marathi: बाळ (bāḷ)
- Pali: bāla
- → Khmer: ពាល (piəl)
- → Thai: พาล (paan)
- → Saraiki: ٻال (ḇāl)
- → Tamil: பாலன் (pālaṉ)
- ⇒ Telugu: బాలుండు (bāluṇḍu)
Adjective
बाल • (bāla)
- childish, immature
- newly-risen (of the sun)
- (astronomy) waxing (of the moon)
- simple, foolish
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of बाल (bāla) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | बालः bālaḥ | बालौ bālau | बालाः / बालासः¹ bālāḥ / bālāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | बाल bāla | बालौ bālau | बालाः / बालासः¹ bālāḥ / bālāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | बालम् bālam | बालौ bālau | बालान् bālān |
| Instrumental | बालेन bālena | बालाभ्याम् bālābhyām | बालैः / बालेभिः¹ bālaiḥ / bālebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | बालाय bālāya | बालाभ्याम् bālābhyām | बालेभ्यः bālebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | बालात् bālāt | बालाभ्याम् bālābhyām | बालेभ्यः bālebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | बालस्य bālasya | बालयोः bālayoḥ | बालानाम् bālānām |
| Locative | बाले bāle | बालयोः bālayoḥ | बालेषु bāleṣu |
| Notes |
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| Feminine ā-stem declension of बाला (bālā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | बाला bālā | बाले bāle | बालाः bālāḥ |
| Vocative | बाले bāle | बाले bāle | बालाः bālāḥ |
| Accusative | बालाम् bālām | बाले bāle | बालाः bālāḥ |
| Instrumental | बालया / बाला¹ bālayā / bālā¹ | बालाभ्याम् bālābhyām | बालाभिः bālābhiḥ |
| Dative | बालायै bālāyai | बालाभ्याम् bālābhyām | बालाभ्यः bālābhyaḥ |
| Ablative | बालायाः bālāyāḥ | बालाभ्याम् bālābhyām | बालाभ्यः bālābhyaḥ |
| Genitive | बालायाः bālāyāḥ | बालयोः bālayoḥ | बालानाम् bālānām |
| Locative | बालायाम् bālāyām | बालयोः bālayoḥ | बालासु bālāsu |
| Notes |
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| Neuter a-stem declension of बाल (bāla) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | बालम् bālam | बाले bāle | बालानि / बाला¹ bālāni / bālā¹ |
| Vocative | बाल bāla | बाले bāle | बालानि / बाला¹ bālāni / bālā¹ |
| Accusative | बालम् bālam | बाले bāle | बालानि / बाला¹ bālāni / bālā¹ |
| Instrumental | बालेन bālena | बालाभ्याम् bālābhyām | बालैः / बालेभिः¹ bālaiḥ / bālebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | बालाय bālāya | बालाभ्याम् bālābhyām | बालेभ्यः bālebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | बालात् bālāt | बालाभ्याम् bālābhyām | बालेभ्यः bālebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | बालस्य bālasya | बालयोः bālayoḥ | बालानाम् bālānām |
| Locative | बाले bāle | बालयोः bālayoḥ | बालेषु bāleṣu |
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