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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit डाल (ḍāla). Cognate with Marathi डहाळा (ḍahāḷā), Punjabi ਡਾਲ (ḍāl).
Pronunciation
Noun
डाल • (ḍāl) f (Urdu spelling ڈال)
- branch, bough
Declension
Declension of डाल (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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डाल
ḍāl
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डालें
ḍālẽ
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| oblique
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डाल
ḍāl
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डालों
ḍālõ
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| vocative
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डाल
ḍāl
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डालो
ḍālo
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Verb
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References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍāla¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ডাল (Assamese script)
- ᬟᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
- ডাল (Bengali script)
- 𑰚𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀟𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- ဍာလ (Burmese script)
- ડાલ (Gujarati script)
- ਡਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌡𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦝꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂙𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಡಾಲ (Kannada script)
- ឌាល (Khmer script)
- ຑາລ (Lao script)
- ഡാല (Malayalam script)
- ᡷᠠ᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘚𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᢎᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦺𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐜𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
- ଡାଲ (Odia script)
- ꢞꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆝𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖚𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
- ඩාල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩨𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚖𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
- ட³ால (Tamil script)
- డాల (Telugu script)
- ฑาล (Thai script)
- ཌཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒛𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨖𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Kuiper and Turner derive the word from a Munda language. However, Mayrhofer considers it more likely that the word arose from a "spontaneous" retroflexion of दल् (dal, “to split”) in Middle Indic.
Pronunciation
Noun
डाल • (ḍāla) stem, m
- a branch
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “डाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 430/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 229
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 461
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍāla¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press