ពាល
See also: ពាល់, ពិល, and ពេល
Khmer
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Pali bāla (“young, ignorant”), from Sanskrit बाल (bāla, “young, foolish”)
Adjective
ពាល • (piəl) (abstract noun ភាពពាល)
- to be young, soft, tender
- to be immature
- to be ignorant
- to be foolish, silly, brash
Etymology 2
From Pali vāla (“malicious”), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla, “hair of an animal's tail”)
Adjective
ពាល • (piəl) (abstract noun ភាពពាល)
- to be evil, bad, wicked, mean
- to be delinquent
Noun
ពាល • (piəl)
- wicked person
Etymology 3
From Sanskrit बाल (bāla, “newly risen, waxing”)
Adjective
ពាល • (piəl) (abstract noun ភាពពាល)
- to be newly risen, early (as the sun)
- to be new, waxing (as the moon)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- bāla (Latin script)
- 𑀩𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- बाल (Devanagari script)
- বাল (Bengali script)
- බාල (Sinhalese script)
- ဗာလ (Burmese script)
- พาล (Thai script)
- ᨻᩤᩃ (Tai Tham script)
Noun
ពាល m
- Khmer script form of bāla
Adjective
ពាល
- Khmer script form of bāla