आला
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Hindi[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian اعلی (a'lā), from Arabic أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā), elative degree of عَالٍ (ʕālin) and عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).
Adjective[edit]
आला • (ālā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اعلی)
Derived terms[edit]
- वज़ीर-ए-आला (vazīr-e-ālā)
Etymology 2[edit]
Ultimately from Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).
Noun[edit]
आला • (ālā) m (Urdu spelling آلہ)
Etymology 3[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit आर्द्र (ārdra)? Compare Pali alla (“moist, wet; fresh”).
Adjective[edit]
आला • (ālā) (Urdu spelling آلا) (regional)
- wet, saturated (esp. with rain)
- fresh, green
Declension[edit]
Declension of आला (ā-stem)
Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
आला • (ālā) m (Urdu spelling آلا)
- niche in a wall or pillar
Etymology 5[edit]
Noun[edit]
आला • (ālā) m (Urdu spelling آلا)
- hollow for water around the foot of a tree
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi[edit]
Verb[edit]
आला • (ālā) m
- third-person masculine singular of आले (āle, “came”), which is the perfective of येणे (yeṇe, “to come”)
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