पलाल

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See also: पुल्ल

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Etymology 1

Compare also Sanskrit पलाव m (palāva, “chaff, husks”) and पलाली (palālī, “straw, stalk”).

Noun

पलाल • (palāla) stem, m or n

  1. a stalk, straw
  2. the stalk of the Sorghum, Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor)
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of पलाल
Nom. sg. पलालः (palālaḥ)
Gen. sg. पलालस्य (palālasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पलालः (palālaḥ) पलालौ (palālau) पलालाः (palālāḥ)
Vocative पलाल (palāla) पलालौ (palālau) पलालाः (palālāḥ)
Accusative पलालम् (palālam) पलालौ (palālau) पलालान् (palālān)
Instrumental पलालेन (palālena) पलालाभ्याम् (palālābhyām) पलालैः (palālaiḥ)
Dative पलालाय (palālāya) पलालाभ्याम् (palālābhyām) पलालेभ्यः (palālebhyaḥ)
Ablative पलालात् (palālāt) पलालाभ्याम् (palālābhyām) पलालेभ्यः (palālebhyaḥ)
Genitive पलालस्य (palālasya) पलालयोः (palālayoḥ) पलालानाम् (palālānām)
Locative पलाले (palāle) पलालयोः (palālayoḥ) पलालेषु (palāleṣu)
Neuter a-stem declension of पलाल
Nom. sg. पलालम् (palālam)
Gen. sg. पलालस्य (palālasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पलालम् (palālam) पलाले (palāle) पलालानि (palālāni)
Vocative पलाल (palāla) पलाले (palāle) पलालानि (palālāni)
Accusative पलालम् (palālam) पलाले (palāle) पलालानि (palālāni)
Instrumental पलालेन (palālena) पलालाभ्याम् (palālābhyām) पलालैः (palālaiḥ)
Dative पलालाय (palālāya) पलालाभ्याम् (palālābhyām) पलालेभ्यः (palālebhyaḥ)
Ablative पलालात् (palālāt) पलालाभ्याम् (palālābhyām) पलालेभ्यः (palālebhyaḥ)
Genitive पलालस्य (palālasya) पलालयोः (palālayoḥ) पलालानाम् (palālānām)
Locative पलाले (palāle) पलालयोः (palālayoḥ) पलालेषु (palāleṣu)
Descendants
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Tamil: பலாலம் (palālam)

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Uncertain. Perhaps from Etymology 1. However, many proper nouns referring to supernatural beings in Hindu lore seem to be borrowed from substrates.”

Proper noun

पलाल • (palāla) m

  1. name of a demon inimical to children
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of पलाल
Nom. sg. पलालः (palālaḥ)
Gen. sg. पलालस्य (palālasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पलालः (palālaḥ) पलालौ (palālau) पलालाः (palālāḥ)
Vocative पलाल (palāla) पलालौ (palālau) पलालाः (palālāḥ)
Accusative पलालम् (palālam) पलालौ (palālau) पलालान् (palālān)
Instrumental पलालेन (palālena) पलालाभ्याम् (palālābhyām) पलालैः (palālaiḥ)
Dative पलालाय (palālāya) पलालाभ्याम् (palālābhyām) पलालेभ्यः (palālebhyaḥ)
Ablative पलालात् (palālāt) पलालाभ्याम् (palālābhyām) पलालेभ्यः (palālebhyaḥ)
Genitive पलालस्य (palālasya) पलालयोः (palālayoḥ) पलालानाम् (palālānām)
Locative पलाले (palāle) पलालयोः (palālayoḥ) पलालेषु (palāleṣu)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “पलाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 609/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 103
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