आला

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See also: आलु, आलू, आले, and आलं

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.lɑː/,

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian اعلی (a'lā), from Arabic أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā), elative degree of عَالٍ (ʕālin) and عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).

Adjective

आला • (ālā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اعلی)

  1. supreme, chief, head
    Synonyms: उत्तम (uttam), श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).

Noun

आला • (ālā) m (Urdu spelling آلہ)

  1. tool, implement

Etymology 3

Inherited from Sanskrit आर्द्र (ārdra)? Compare Pali alla (“moist, wet; fresh”).

Adjective

आला • (ālā) (Urdu spelling آلا) (regional)

  1. wet, saturated (esp. with rain)
  2. fresh, green
Declension
Declension of आला (ā-stem)
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct आला
ālā 		आले
āle 		आली
ālī 		आली
ālī
oblique आले
āle 		आले
āle 		आली
ālī 		आली
ālī
vocative आले
āle 		आले
āle 		आली
ālī 		आली
ālī

Etymology 4

From Sanskrit आलय (ālaya).

Noun

आला • (ālā) m (Urdu spelling آلا)

  1. niche in a wall or pillar

Etymology 5

Noun

आला • (ālā) m (Urdu spelling آلا)

  1. hollow for water around the foot of a tree

References

Marathi

Verb

आला • (ālā) m

  1. third-person masculine singular of आले (āle, “came”), which is the perfective of येणे (yeṇe, “to come”)
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