dal

Translingual

Alternative forms

daL

Symbol

dal

1. (metrology) Symbol for decalitre, an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10¹ litres.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

dal

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• dahl, dhal, daal, dholl, doll

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi दाल (dāl) or Bengali ডাল (ḍal).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɑːl/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːl

Noun

dal (countable and uncountable, plural dals)

1. Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.
2. A dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc.
   • 1934, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Burmese Days‎:

     A stout Burmese woman, wife of a constable, was kneeling outside the cage ladling rice and watery dahl into tin pannikins.

3. A tropical herb with yellow flowers; the pigeon pea.

Synonyms

• legume
• pulse

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• dal segno (different etymology)

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “dal”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• ADL, DLA, LAD, LDA, lad

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dal, from Old Dutch dal, from Proto-West Germanic *dal (“valley, dale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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Noun

dal (plural dale)

1. dale, valley

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dala, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁-. Compare Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to grow, bloom, thrive”), Welsh deillio (“to emanate, derive”).

Verb

dal (aorist dola, participle dalë) (active)

1. (active voice) to exit, go out
2. (active voice) to leave

Verb

dílet (aorist -, participle dalë) (passive)

1. (passive voice, impersonal, third person) to come; to do come

Antonyms

• hyj

Derived terms

Further reading

• active verb dal (aorist dola (dóla); dalë (dálë)) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
• passive (impersonal) verb dilet (dílet) (3rd person) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

References

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio (Baku)

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Etymology 1

Cognate with Chagatai and Ottoman Turkish دال (dal, “back”). Compare also dialectal Turkish dal (“back; arm; shoulder”), Kyrgyz далы (dalı, “shoulder blade”).

Possibly of Mongolic origin; compare Mongolian дал (dal, “shoulder; shoulder blade”).

Noun

dal (definite accusative dalı, plural dallar)

1. back, rear

   Synonyms: arxa, ard

   Antonyms: qabaq, ön

2. (anatomy) back

   Synonyms: bel, kürək

3. bottom, buttocks, nates, posterior, seat

   Synonym: (vulgar) göt

4. (dated) end

   Synonym: son

5. (colloquial) sequel, continuation; something which is continued

   Synonyms: ard, davam

Declension

Derived terms

• dalında
• dalınca

References

• Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Nauka, pages 131-132

Etymology 2

From Common Turkic *dal.

Noun

dal (definite accusative dalı, plural dallar)

1. (poetic) branch

   Synonym: budaq

Bouyei

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta˨˦/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *taːᴬ (“maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Shan တႃ (tǎa), Zhuang da.

Noun

dal

1. maternal grandfather

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (“eye”). Cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Northern Thai ᨲᩣ, Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Tai Dam ꪔꪱ, Shan တႃ (tǎa), Aiton တႃ (tā), Ahom 𑜄𑜠 (ta) or 𑜄𑜡 (tā), Southern Kam dal, Zhuang da. Compare Old Chinese 睹 (*taːʔ, “to see”).

Noun

dal

1. eye

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Participle

dal

1. masculine singular past active participle of dát

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dalr (“valley”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

dal c (singular definite dalen, plural indefinite dale)

1. dale, valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dal

1. imperative of dale

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑl/

• audio

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• Hyphenation: dal
• Rhymes: -ɑl
• Homophone: Dal

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dal, from Old Dutch dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Noun

dal n (plural dalen, diminutive dalletje n)

1. valley

Derived terms

• gletsjerdal
• rivierdal
• tranendal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dal

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dal m (plural dallen, diminutive dalletje n)

1. a type of stone to pave the floor with, flagstone

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse dalr.

Noun

dal m

1. valley

Inflection

stem=strong ''i''-stem

Extremaduran

Etymology

From Latin dāre, present active infinitive of dō (“give”).

Verb

dal

1. to give

Gothic

Romanization

dal

1. Romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌻

Hungarian

 dal on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

An onomatopoeia. It is also possible that it is a back-formation from dalol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

dal (plural dalok)

1. song

   Synonyms: ének, nóta; see also Thesaurus:ének

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• dal in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• dal in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Icelandic

Noun

dal

1. inflection of dalur:
   1. indefinite accusative singular
   2. indefinite dative singular

Italian

Contraction

dal

1. Contraction of da il; from the
2. since

   dal 1963 ― since 1963

Related terms

Ladin

Etymology

From da +‎ l.

Contraction

dal

1. from the (masculine singular)

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• dal, dholl

Etymology

From Hindi दाल (dāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

dal

1. any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils; dahl
2. a dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Noun

dal n

1. valley
2. dip, lower area in the landscape
3. hole

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• dālen

Descendants

• Dutch: dal
  • Afrikaans: dal
• Limburgish: daal

Further reading

• “dal”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dal”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtal/

Adverb

dal

1. now

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

dal

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Old Norse dalr (“dale, valley”).

Noun

dal m (definite singular dalen, indefinite plural daler, definite plural dalene)

1. a valley

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

dal

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Old Norse dalr. Cognate with English dale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑːl/

Noun

dal m (definite singular dalen, indefinite plural dalar, definite plural dalane)

1. a valley

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “dal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• del, dau, deu

Contraction

dal

1. Contraction of de + lo

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Noun

dal n

1. valley

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: dal
  • Dutch: dal
    • Afrikaans: dal
  • Limburgish: daal

Further reading

• “dal”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġedāl

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dailą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑl/

Noun

dāl n

1. division

Descendants

• Middle English: dol
  • English: dole

Old Norse

Noun

dal

1. accusative/dative singular of dalr

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Noun

dal n

1. valley

Descendants

• Middle Low German: dal
  • Low German: dal, daal
    • German Low German: Daal

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• ᚦᛆᛚ

Etymology

From Old Norse dalr, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

Noun

dal m

1. valley

Declension

nom_sg=dal

Descendants

• Swedish: dal c

Papiamentu

Etymology

The conjugation of this verb in Papiamentu follows that of former Dutch verbs.

Therefore more probably from Dutch douwen (“push”).

And less probably from Spanish dale: da + le ("give it").

Verb

dal

1. to hit
2. to beat

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

dal

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dal/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: dal
• Homophone: Dal

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dalь.

Noun

dal f

1. (literary) distance (space located at a very large distance)

   Synonym: oddal

   z dala ― from a distance/from afar/from far away

   skok w dal ― long jump

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi दाल (dāl).

Noun

dal f

1. dal (Indian lentil dish)

Declension

Further reading

• dal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romagnol

Preposition

dal

1. feminine plural of da (“from; by”) (used before a consonant)

Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Azerbaijani dal (“branch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

dal

1. tree

References

• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “dal”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 25
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2014) “dal”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎, 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 (Social Science Literature Press), →ISBN, page 105

Southern Kam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta⁵⁵/

Noun

dal

1. eye

Sumerian

Romanization

dal

1. Romanization of 𒊑

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

dal

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

From Old Swedish dal, from Old Norse dalr.

Noun

dal c

1. valley, dale

Declension

Derived terms

• berg- och dalbana
• dalgång

References

• dal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dal in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• dal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɫ/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish دال (dal), from Proto-Turkic *tāl, *dal.

Noun

dal (definite accusative dalı, plural dallar)

1. branch
2. (slang) cigarette, joint

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

dal

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: د

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dal/
• Rhymes: -al

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *dalɣ-, from Proto-Indo-European *delgʰ- (“to become fixed”). Cognate with Latin indulgeo.

Verb

dal (first-person singular present daliaf)

1. (North Wales) to catch
2. (North Wales) to capture
3. (North Wales) to hold
4. to continue

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• dala (South Wales)

Derived terms

Mutation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

dal

1. Soft mutation of tal.

Mutation

References