लाल

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Hindi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لال (lāl). Compare Bengali লাল (lal), Gujarati લાલ (lāl), Marathi लाल (lāl), Odia ଲାଲ (lalô), Punjabi ਲਾਲ (lāl) / لال (lāl).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /lɑːl/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑːl
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Adjective

लाल (lāl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لَال)

  1. (colour) red

Noun

लाल (lālm (Urdu spelling لَال)

  1. red color

Declension

See also

Colors in Hindi · रंग (raṅg) (layout · text)
     सफ़ेद (safed), श्वेत (śvet)      धूसर (dhūsar), छाई (chāī)      काला (kālā), श्याम (śyām)
             लाल (lāl), सुर्ख़ (surx); गहरा लाल (gahrā lāl), क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī)              नारंगी (nāraṅgī), माल्टा (mālṭā); भूरा (bhūrā)              पीला (pīlā); मलाई (malāī)
             नींबू (nīmbū), सुगा पंछी (sugā pañchī)              हरा (harā)             
             फ़िरोज़ी (firozī)              आसमानी (āsmānī)              नीला (nīlā), नील (nīl)
             जामुनी (jāmunī); नील (nīl)              रानी (rānī); बैंगनी (baiṅgnī), जामुनी (jāmunī)              गुलाबी (gulābī)

Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لال (lāl).

Pronunciation

Adjective

लाल (lāl) (Latin script lal, Kannada script ಲಾಲ್)

  1. red

Noun

लाल (lāl) (Latin script lal, Kannada script ಲಾಲ್)

  1. red (color)

See also

Colors in Konkani · रंग (raṅga) (layout · text)
     धवो (dhavo); उजळ (ujaḷ); गोरो (goro); दुदाळ (dudāḷ)      खाकी (khākī)      काळो (kāḷo); काजळी (kājḷī); टेंबुरणी (ṭemburṇī)
             तांबडो (tāmbḍo); लाल (lāl); रक्तवर्णी (raktavarṇī); अबिरी (abirī)              मातेरी (māterī); नारंगी (nāraṅgī); बदामी (badāmī)              अळदुवो (aḷduvo); गंदकी (gandkī)
             पोपटी (popṭī)              पाच्वो (pācvo); काळंगी (kāḷaṅgī)              चंदनी (candnī)
             फिरोजी (phirojī); आकाशी (ākāśī)                           निळो (niḷo)
                          जांबळो (jāmbḷo); द्राक्षाळ (drākṣāḷ)              गुलाबी (gulābī)

References

  • Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet

Marathi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لال (lāl). Compare Gujarati લાલ (lāl), Hindustani لَال (lāl) / लाल (lāl), Punjabi ਲਾਲ (lāl) / لال (lāl), Bengali লাল (lal).

Pronunciation

Adjective

लाल (lāl)

  1. red

Noun

लाल (lālm

  1. red colour

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Marathi · रंग (raṅga) (layout · text)
     पांढरा (pāṇḍhrā)      पारवा (pārvā), राखाडी (rākhāḍī)      काळा (kāḷā)
             लाल (lāl), तांबडा (tāmbḍā);              केशरी (keśrī), भगवा (bhagvā); तपकिरी (tapkirī)              पिवळा (pivḷā);
             पोपटी (popṭī)              हिरवा (hirvā)              ;
             ; आकाशी (ākāśī)                           निळा (niḷā)
             ;              ; जांभळा (j̈āmbhaḷā)              गुलाबी (gulābī)

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “लाल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “लाल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950), “लाल”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).