दल

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See also: दाल

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दल (dála).

Pronunciation

Noun

दल (dalm (Urdu spelling دل)

  1. group, team
    हमारे दल में दरार पड़ गई है।
    hamāre dal mẽ darār paṛ gaī hai.
    A rift has occurred in our group.
  2. party
    इस बरस में, उदार दल अल्पमत में है।
    is baras mẽ, udār dal alpamat mẽ hai.
    This year, the Liberal Party is in the minority.
    पर्वतारोही दल लापता हो गया है।
    parvatārohī dal lāptā ho gayā hai.
    The mountaineering party has gone missing.

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From the root दल् (dal, to split).

Pronunciation

Noun

दल (dála) stemn

  1. a fragment, a piece split off
  2. part, a degree
  3. detachment
  4. dividing, splitting, division

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of दल (dála)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative दलम्
dálam
दले
dále
दलानि / दला¹
dálāni / dálā¹
Vocative दल
dála
दले
dále
दलानि / दला¹
dálāni / dálā¹
Accusative दलम्
dálam
दले
dále
दलानि / दला¹
dálāni / dálā¹
Instrumental दलेन
dálena
दलाभ्याम्
dálābhyām
दलैः / दलेभिः¹
dálaiḥ / dálebhiḥ¹
Dative दलाय
dálāya
दलाभ्याम्
dálābhyām
दलेभ्यः
dálebhyaḥ
Ablative दलात्
dálāt
दलाभ्याम्
dálābhyām
दलेभ्यः
dálebhyaḥ
Genitive दलस्य
dálasya
दलयोः
dálayoḥ
दलानाम्
dálānām
Locative दले
dále
दलयोः
dálayoḥ
दलेषु
dáleṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: दल (dal)
    • Urdu: دل
  • Kashmiri:

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “दल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0471.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दल”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 070
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दल”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016