दाल

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dālī), from Sanskrit दाल (dāla), itself from दलति (dalati, “he splits”); see दल् (dal, “to split, burst”). Cognate with Braj दारि (dāri), Marathi डाळ (ḍāḷ).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑːl/,

दाल • (dāl) f (Urdu spelling دال)

1. dal (an Indian lentil dish)
2. any variety of pulse (legume)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दाल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “दाल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Vṛddhi derivative of दल (dala).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑː.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɑː.l̪ɐ/

दाल • (dāla) stem, m

1. a kind of honey produced from petals

दाल • (dāla) stem, m

1. a sort of grain, creeping paspalum (Paspalum scrobiculatum, syn. Paspalum frumentaceum)

• Monier Williams (1899) “दाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 476.
• Paspalum+frumentaceum at The Plant List