वाल
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- vāla (Latin script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- ৰাল (Bengali script)
- වාල (Sinhalese script)
- ဝါလ or ဝႃလ (Burmese script)
- วาล or วาละ (Thai script)
- ᩅᩤᩃ (Tai Tham script)
- ວາລ or ວາລະ (Lao script)
- វាល (Khmer script)
- 𑅇𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
- bāla (Latin script)
- 𑀩𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- बाल (Devanagari 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
वाल m
- Devanagari script form of vāla (“hair”)
Declension
Declension table of "वाल" (masculine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | वालो (vālo) | वाला (vālā) |
| Accusative (second) | वालं (vālaṃ) | वाले (vāle) |
| Instrumental (third) | वालेन (vālena) | वालेहि (vālehi) or वालेभि (vālebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | वालस्स (vālassa) or वालाय (vālāya) or वालत्थं (vālatthaṃ) | वालानं (vālānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | वालस्मा (vālasmā) or वालम्हा (vālamhā) or वाला (vālā) | वालेहि (vālehi) or वालेभि (vālebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | वालस्स (vālassa) | वालानं (vālānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | वालस्मिं (vālasmiṃ) or वालम्हि (vālamhi) or वाले (vāle) | वालेसु (vālesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | वाल (vāla) | वाला (vālā) |
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- vāla (Latin script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- ৰাল (Bengali script)
- වාල (Sinhalese script)
- ဝါလ or ဝႃလ (Burmese script)
- วาล or วาละ (Thai script)
- ᩅᩤᩃ (Tai Tham script)
- ວາລ or ວາລະ (Lao script)
- វាល (Khmer script)
- 𑅇𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)
Adjective
वाल
- Devanagari script form of vāla (“malicious”)
Declension
Declension table of "वाल" (masculine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | वालो (vālo) | वाला (vālā) |
| Accusative (second) | वालं (vālaṃ) | वाले (vāle) |
| Instrumental (third) | वालेन (vālena) | वालेहि (vālehi) or वालेभि (vālebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | वालस्स (vālassa) or वालाय (vālāya) or वालत्थं (vālatthaṃ) | वालानं (vālānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | वालस्मा (vālasmā) or वालम्हा (vālamhā) or वाला (vālā) | वालेहि (vālehi) or वालेभि (vālebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | वालस्स (vālassa) | वालानं (vālānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | वालस्मिं (vālasmiṃ) or वालम्हि (vālamhi) or वाले (vāle) | वालेसु (vālesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | वाल (vāla) | वाला (vālā) |
Declension table of "वाल" (neuter)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | वालं (vālaṃ) | वालानि (vālāni) |
| Accusative (second) | वालं (vālaṃ) | वालानि (vālāni) |
| Instrumental (third) | वालेन (vālena) | वालेहि (vālehi) or वालेभि (vālebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | वालस्स (vālassa) or वालाय (vālāya) or वालत्थं (vālatthaṃ) | वालानं (vālānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | वालस्मा (vālasmā) or वालम्हा (vālamhā) or वाला (vālā) | वालेहि (vālehi) or वालेभि (vālebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | वालस्स (vālassa) | वालानं (vālānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | वालस्मिं (vālasmiṃ) or वालम्हि (vālamhi) or वाले (vāle) | वालेसु (vālesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | वाल (vāla) | वालानि (vālāni) |
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- बाल (bāla), वार (vā́ra) – Vedic
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly cognate with Lithuanian valaĩ (“hair of the tail”), presumably from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wālás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wālás, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn”).[1] Further suggested to be related to Latin adūlor. Possibly of Austroasiatic origin according to Przyluski, compare Vietnamese vải (“cotton”), Lao ຝ້າຍ (fāi, “cotton”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑː.l̪ɐ/
Noun
वाल • (vāla) m
- the tail of an animal
- the hair of the tail
- any hair of an animal
- bristles
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of वाल (vāla) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | वालः vālaḥ | वालौ vālau | वालाः / वालासः¹ vālāḥ / vālāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | वाल vāla | वालौ vālau | वालाः / वालासः¹ vālāḥ / vālāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | वालम् vālam | वालौ vālau | वालान् vālān |
| Instrumental | वालेन vālena | वालाभ्याम् vālābhyām | वालैः / वालेभिः¹ vālaiḥ / vālebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | वालाय vālāya | वालाभ्याम् vālābhyām | वालेभ्यः vālebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | वालात् vālāt | वालाभ्याम् vālābhyām | वालेभ्यः vālebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | वालस्य vālasya | वालयोः vālayoḥ | वालानाम् vālānām |
| Locative | वाले vāle | वालयोः vālayoḥ | वालेषु vāleṣu |
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Descendants
- Assamese: বাল (bal, “pubic hair”)
- Bengali: বাল (bal)
- Dhivehi: ބޯ, ބޮލު (bō, bolu, “head or hair”)
- Gujarati: વાળ (vāḷ, “hair”)
- Hindi: बाल (bāl, “hair”)
- Kashmiri: وال (vāl, “hair”)
- Pali: vāla (“tail, tail hair”)
- → Khmer: វាល (viəlĕəʼ, “hair”)
- → Thai: พาล (paan, “body hair”)
- Punjabi: (“hair”) وال (vāl) / ਵਾਲ (vāl)
- Romani: bal (“hair”)
- Urdu: بال (bāl)
- →? Kannada: ಬಾಲ (bāla, “tail”) (probably)
- → Tamil: வால் (vāl)
References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “vā́ra-¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 545