ពាល

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Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ពាល
bāl
WT romanisation piəl
(standard) IPA(key) /piəl/

Etymology 1

From Pali bāla (young, ignorant), from Sanskrit बाल (bāla, young, foolish).

Adjective

ពាល (piəl) (abstract noun ភាពពាល)

  1. to be young, soft, tender
  2. to be immature
  3. to be ignorant
  4. to be foolish, silly, brash

Etymology 2

From Pali vāla (malicious), from Sanskrit व्याल (vyāla, malicious).

Adjective

ពាល (piəl) (abstract noun ភាពពាល)

  1. to be evil, bad, wicked, mean
  2. to be delinquent

Noun

ពាល (piəl)

  1. wicked person

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit बाल (bāla, newly risen, waxing).

Adjective

ពាល (piəl) (abstract noun ភាពពាល)

  1. to be newly risen, early (as the sun)
  2. to be new, waxing (as the moon)

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ពាល m

  1. Khmer script form of bāla (child, fool)
  2. Khmer script form of bāla (hair)

Declension

Adjective

ពាល

  1. Khmer script form of bāla (young)

Declension