वाल

Pali

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

वाल m

1. Devanagari script form of vāla (“hair”)

Declension

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Adjective

वाल

1. Devanagari script form of vāla (“malicious”)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• बाल (bāla), वार (vā́ra) — Vedic

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly cognate with Lithuanian valaĩ (“hair of the tail”), if so from Proto-Indo-European *ul (“the tail”), Cognate with Latin *ulos (“tail”) (attested in adūlor), presumably from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wālás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wālás, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn”). Further suggested to be related to Latin adūlor. Possibly of Austroasiatic origin according to Przyluski, compare Vietnamese vải (“cotton”), Lao ຝ້າຍ (fāi, “cotton”) (a borrowing from Vietic). However the proper Proto-Austronesian root is *k-rn-pas, whence Sanskrit कर्पास (through Munda), so this hypothesis is untenable.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

वाल • (vāla) stem, m

1. the tail of an animal
2. the hair of the tail
3. any hair of an animal
4. bristles

Declension

Descendants

• Assamese: বাল (bal, “pubic hair”)
• Bengali: বাল (bal, “pubic hair”)
• Dhivehi: ބޯ, ބޮލު (bō, bolu, “head or hair”)
• Gujarati: વાળ (vāḷ, “hair”)
• Hindi: बाल (bāl, “hair”)
• Kashmiri: وال (vāl, “hair”)
• Pali: vāla (“tail, tail hair”)
  • → Khmer: វាល (viəlĕəʼ, “hair”)
  • → Thai: พาล (paan, “body hair”)
• Punjabi: (“hair”) وال (vāl) / ਵਾਲ (vāl)
• Romani: bal (“hair”)
• Saraiki: وال (vāl, “hair”)
• Urdu: بال (bāl)
• →? Kannada: ಬಾಲ (bāla, “tail”) (probably)
• → Tamil: வால் (vāl)

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