بال

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baː.la/
  • (Central Asia) IPA^(key): /boːl/

Etymology 1

Found in dictionaries as if from the root ب و ل (b-w-l), but actually not relatable to any root. It is explained as reanalysis of بَاءَ لِي (bāʔa lī, “it has come upon me”); predating Arabic literature by a millennium at least since there is Biblical Aramaic בָּל (bāl, “mind, heed”).

Noun

بَال • (bāl) m

1. mind, state
2. attention, mindfulness, heed

Declension

Derived terms

• مَا بَال (mā bāl)

Related terms

• بَالَى (bālā)

Etymology 2

From the root ب و ل (b-w-l) related to urine.

Verb

بَالَ • (bāla) I, non-past يَبُولُ‎ (yabūlu)

1. to urinate

Conjugation

Descendants

• Maltese: biel

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

بَالِ • (bāli) (form III)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of بَالَى (bālā)

References

• “bl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Bauer, Hans (1935) “Etymologica I”, in Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volume 10, page 1
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “بال”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 174
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “بال”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎ (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 180
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “بال”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “بال”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 124

Chagatai

Etymology

Inherited from Karakhanid بال (bal), from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bal, Bashkir бал (bal), Chuvash пыл (pyl), Kazakh бал (bal), Kyrgyz бал (bal), Ottoman Turkish بال (bal), and Turkmen bal.

Noun

بال (bal)

1. honey

   Synonym: عسل (asal)

2. mead

Descendants

• Uyghur: بال (bal)
• Uzbek:

  Latin script: bol

  Cyrillic script: бол

Further reading

• Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “بال”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎ (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 153

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu بال (bāl), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑl/

Noun

بال • (bāl) m (Standard Gujarati બાલ) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

1. hair

   Synonym: વાળ (vāḷ) (Standard Gujarati)

Khalaj

Noun

بال (bâl) (definite accusative بالؽ, plural باللار)

1. Arabic spelling of bâl (“wing”)

Declension

Kohistani Shina

Etymology

Inherited from Shina بال (bál), Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /báːl/

Noun

باٗل (baál) m

1. child

Kundal Shahi

Noun

بال (báal)

1. hair

References

• https://fli-online.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kundal_shahi_introduction.pdf

Moroccan Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːl/

• Audio

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Arabic بَالَ (bāla).

Verb

بال • (bāl) I (non-past يبول (ybūl))

1. to urinate

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَال (bāl).

Noun

بال • (bāl) m

1. mind, state

Related terms

• بالى (bāla)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”); cognate with Azerbaijani bal, Bashkir бал (bal), Chuvash пыл (pyl), Kazakh бал (bal), Kyrgyz бал (bal), Turkmen bal, Uyghur بال (bal) and Uzbek bol.

Noun

بال • (bal)

1. honey, a viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees

   Synonyms: انگبین (engübin), عسل (asel)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Turkish: bal
• → Armenian: պալ (pal)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَال (bāl, “attention, heed”).

Noun

بال • (bâl)

1. condition, status, a particular state of being in a specific moment
2. attention, care, heed, regard, concern for someone or something

   Synonym: دقت (dikkat)

Further reading

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian بال (bâl, “wing”).

Noun

بال • (bâl)

1. (poetic) wing, the appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly

   Synonym: قنات (kanat)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian b’lk’ (bālag, “wing”).

Pronunciation

Noun

بال • (bâl)

1. wing

Descendants

• → Khalaj: bâl

Shina

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báːl/

Noun

بال (baál) m

1. boy, child

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَال (bāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːl/,

• Audio (al-Lidd)

  (file)

Noun

بال • (bāl) m

1. mind

   طوّل بالك.

   ṭawwel bālak

   Be patient.

   (literally, “Lengthen your mind.”)

   Audio (Ramallah)

   (file)

   دير بالك.

   dīr bālak

   Be careful.

   (literally, “Direct your mind.”)

   Audio (Ramallah)

   (file)

   دير بالك على إمّك.

   dīr bālak ʕala ʕimmak

   Take care of your mother.

Derived terms

• دار باله (dār bālo, “to be careful”)
• طوّل باله (ṭawwal bālo, “to be patient”)
• طويل البال (ṭawīl il-bāl, “patient”, adj.)
• جاي عباله (jāy ʕa-bālo, “to feel like doing”)

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑːl/

• Audio (PK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːl

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla).

Noun

بال • (bāl) m (Hindi spelling बाल)

1. hair

Descendants

• → Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati: بال (bāl)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

Noun

بال • (bāl) m (Hindi spelling बाल)

1. (chiefly in compounds) child

   Synonym: بچہ (baccā)

2. young boy

Derived terms

• بالی (bālī, “young girl”)
• بال بچے (bāl-bacce, “children”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian بال (bāl), from Middle Persian b’lk’ (bālag, “wing”).

Noun

بال • (bāl) m (Hindi spelling बाल)

1. feather
2. wing