हल

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦəl/,
• Rhymes: -əl

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀮 (hala), from Sanskrit हल (halá).

Noun

हल • (hal) m (Urdu spelling ہل)

1. plough, plow

   Synonyms: नांगल (nāṅgal), लांगल (lāṅgal)

   खेती हल के बिना कैसे हो सकती है?

   khetī hal ke binā kaise ho saktī hai?

   How can farming be done with the plough?

Declension

Derived terms

• हल चलाना (hal calānā, “to plough”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic حَلّ (ḥall).

Noun

हल • (hal) m (Urdu spelling حل)

1. solution, resolution

Declension

Derived terms

• हल करना (hal karnā, “to solve”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit हल (hala).

Noun

हल • (hal) ?

1. plough

Synonyms

• नांगर (nāṅgar)
• अऊत (aūt)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰHalás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰHalás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₁ol- (“pole, bar of wood”). Cognate with Old Armenian ձող (joł, “pole, bar”) and Lithuanian žúolis (“railroad tie”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ.lɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɐ.l̪ɐ/

Noun

हल • (halá) stem, m

1. plough

Declension

Descendants

• Assamese: হাল (hal)
• Bengali: হাল (hal)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਹਲ਼ (haḷ)
• Pali: hala
• Hindustani:

  Hindi: हल (hal)

  Urdu: ہل (hal)

• Marathi: हल (hal)
• Sindhi: هَرُ (haru)
• Sylheti: ꠀꠟ (ál)
• Tamil: அலம் (alam)
• → Old Javanese: hala (see there for further descendants)
• → Telugu: హలము (halamu)