बिडाल

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

विडाल (viḍāla), विराल (virāla)

Alternative scripts

বিডাল (Assamese script)
ᬩᬶᬟᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
বিডাল (Bengali script)
𑰤𑰰𑰚𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀩𑀺𑀟𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
ဗိဍာလ (Burmese script)
બિડાલ (Gujarati script)
ਬਿਡਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌬𑌿𑌡𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
ꦧꦶꦝꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
𑂥𑂱𑂙𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
ಬಿಡಾಲ (Kannada script)
ពិឌាល (Khmer script)
ພິຑາລ (Lao script)
ബിഡാല (Malayalam script)
ᠪᡳᡷᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘤𑘱𑘚𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
ᠪᠢᢎᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧄𑧒𑦺𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
𑐧𑐶𑐜𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
ବିଡାଲ (Odia script)
ꢨꢶꢞꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
𑆧𑆴𑆝𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
𑖤𑖰𑖚𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
බිඩාල (Sinhalese script)
𑩲𑩑𑩨𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
𑚠𑚮𑚖𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
பி³ட³ால (Tamil script)
బిడాల (Telugu script)
พิฑาล (Thai script)
བི་ཌཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
𑒥𑒱𑒛𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
𑨠𑨁𑨖𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Konda-Dora (biṛp-, “to blink”), Tulu ಬುಳಾವು (buḷāvu, “to open as the eyes”), Tamil விழி (viḻi, “eye”).^[1] The cat meaning is derived from "eyeball"; compare नेत्रपिण्ड (netrapiṇḍa), another word meaning both "cat" and "eyeball" though the literal meaning is just eyeball.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bi.ɖɑː.lɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /biˈɖɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

बिडाल • (biḍāla) stem, m

cat (especially a male one)
eyeball
remedy for the eye

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of बिडाल (biḍāla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बिडालः biḍālaḥ	बिडालौ / बिडाला¹ biḍālau / biḍālā¹	बिडालाः / बिडालासः¹ biḍālāḥ / biḍālāsaḥ¹
Vocative	बिडाल biḍāla	बिडालौ / बिडाला¹ biḍālau / biḍālā¹	बिडालाः / बिडालासः¹ biḍālāḥ / biḍālāsaḥ¹
Accusative	बिडालम् biḍālam	बिडालौ / बिडाला¹ biḍālau / biḍālā¹	बिडालान् biḍālān
Instrumental	बिडालेन biḍālena	बिडालाभ्याम् biḍālābhyām	बिडालैः / बिडालेभिः¹ biḍālaiḥ / biḍālebhiḥ¹
Dative	बिडालाय biḍālāya	बिडालाभ्याम् biḍālābhyām	बिडालेभ्यः biḍālebhyaḥ
Ablative	बिडालात् biḍālāt	बिडालाभ्याम् biḍālābhyām	बिडालेभ्यः biḍālebhyaḥ
Genitive	बिडालस्य biḍālasya	बिडालयोः biḍālayoḥ	बिडालानाम् biḍālānām
Locative	बिडाले biḍāle	बिडालयोः biḍālayoḥ	बिडालेषु biḍāleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

बिडालिका (biḍālikā)

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kalasha: birạ̃́u
- Kashmiri: brọrᵘ
  Arabic script: برۄرُ
  
  Devanagari script: ब्रौरु
Pali: biḷāla
Prakrit: 𑀩𑀺𑀟𑀸𑀮 (biḍāla), 𑀩𑀺𑀮𑀸𑀮 (bilāla)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Awadhi: बिलारी (bilārī)
    - Gujarati: બિલાડો (bilāḍo), બિલાડું (bilāḍũ)
    - Hindustani: billā
      - Hindi: बिराड़, बिल्ला
      - Urdu: بِلَار (bilār), بلا
    - Romani: blári, brári
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: বিড়াল (biral)
    - Bengali: বিড়াল (biṛal)
    - Bihari:
      - Bhojpuri: बिलार (bilār)
      - Maithili: बिलार (bilār)
    - Odia: ବିଡ଼ାଳ (biṛāḷa), ବିଲାଳ (bilāḷa), ବିଲାର (bilāra), ବିରାଲ (birāla), ବିରାଡ଼ି (birāṛi), ବିଲାଇ (bilāi)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Central Pahari:
      - Garhwali: बिराळी (birāḷī)
      - Kumaoni: बिरालू (birālū), बिराली (birālī), बिरलाऊ (birlāū), बिराउ (birāu)
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - Doteli: बिल्लो (billo)
      - Nepali: बिरालो (birālo)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ބުޅާ (buḷā), ބުޅައު (buḷau), ބެޅަލް (beḷal) — Mulaku, ބެޅައް (beḷak̊) — Addu
    - Sinhalese: බළලා (baḷalā)
- Western:
  - Takka Apabhramsa:
    - Punjabi: billā
      Gurmukhi script: ਬਿੱਲਾ
      
      Shahmukhi script: بِلَّا
      - Lahnda: بلا (billā)
  - Vracada Apabhramsa:
    - Sindhi: ḇilo
      Arabic script: ٻِلو
      
      Devanagari script: ॿिलो
→ Malayalam: ബിഡാലം (biḍālaṁ)
→ Telugu: బిడాలము (biḍālamu)

References

^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 492.