بال

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Arabic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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It is explained[2] as reanalysis of بَاءَ لِي (bāʔa lī, it has come upon me); predating Arabic literature by a millennium at least since there is[3] Biblical Aramaic בָּל (bāl, mind, heed).

Noun

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بَال (bālm

  1. mind, state
  2. attention, mindfulness, heed
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Root
ب و ل (b w l)
3 terms

Denominal verb of بَوْل (bawl, urine), itself related by metathesis, univerbation, or another process happening before the record of Arabic, to وَبْل (wabl, a heavy, large-dropped rain).[4]

Verb

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بَالَ (bāla) I (non-past يَبُولُ (yabūlu), verbal noun بَوْل (bawl))

  1. to urinate
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Maltese: biel

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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بَالِ (bāli) (form III) /baː.li/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of بَالَى (bālā)

References

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  1. ^ Cowan, W. (1960). Arabic evidence for Proto-Semitic*/awa/and*/ō. Language, 60-62.
  2. ^ Bauer, Hans (1935) “Etymologica I”, in Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete[1] (in German), volume 10, page 1
  3. ^ bl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  4. ^ Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 197–198
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “بال”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 174
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “بال”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[3] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 180
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بال”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “بال”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 124

Chagatai

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بال

Etymology

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Inherited from Karakhanid بال (bal), from Proto-Turkic *bạl (honey). Cognate with Azerbaijani bal, Bashkir бал (bal), Chuvash пыл (pyl), Kazakh бал (bal), Kyrgyz бал (bal), Ottoman Turkish بال (bal), and Turkmen bal.

Noun

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بال (bal)

  1. honey
    Synonym: عسل (asal)
  2. mead

Descendants

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Further reading

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Gujarati

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Urdu بال (bāl), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بال (bālm (Standard Gujarati બાલ) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. hair
    Synonym: વાળ (vāḷ) (Standard Gujarati)

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ب و ل
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic بَال (bāl).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بال (bālm

  1. mind

Khalaj

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Noun

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بال (bâl) (definite accusative بالؽ, plural باللار)

  1. Arabic spelling of bâl (wing)

Declension

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Kohistani Shina

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Etymology

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Inherited from Shina بال (bál), Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /báːl/

Noun

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باٗل (baálm

  1. child

Kundal Shahi

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Noun

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بال (báal)

  1. hair

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Mazanderani

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Etymology

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From Mazanderani b’lk’ (bālag, wing).

Noun

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بال (bâl)

  1. hand
  2. wing

Moroccan Arabic

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baːl/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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Root
ب و ل
2 terms

From Arabic بَالَ (bāla).

Verb

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بال (bāl) I (non-past يبول (ybūl))

  1. to urinate
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of بال
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بلت (bult) بلتي (bulti) بال (bāl) بلنا (bulna) بلتوا (bultu) بالوا (bālu)
f بالت (bālet)
non-past m نبول (nbūl) تبول (tbūl) يبول (ybūl) نبولوا (nbūlu) تبولوا (tbūlu) يبولوا (ybūlu)
f تبولي (tbūli) تبول (tbūl)
imperative m بول (būl) بولوا (būlu)
f بولي (būli)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic بَال (bāl).

Noun

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بال (bālm

  1. mind, state
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Ottoman Turkish

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بال

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bạl (honey); cognate with Azerbaijani bal, Bashkir бал (bal), Chuvash пыл (pyl), Kazakh бал (bal), Kyrgyz бал (bal), Turkmen bal, Uyghur بال (bal) and Uzbek bol.

Noun

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بال (bal)

  1. honey, a viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees
    Synonyms: انگبین (engübin), عسل (asel)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic بَال (bāl, attention, heed).

Noun

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بال (bâl)

  1. condition, status, a particular state of being in a specific moment
  2. attention, care, heed, regard, concern for someone or something
    Synonym: دقت (dikkat)

Further reading

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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Persian بال (bâl, wing).

Noun

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بال (bâl)

  1. (poetic) wing, the appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly
    Synonym: قنات (kanat)

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian b’lk’ (bālag, wing).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? bāl
Dari reading? bāl
Iranian reading? bâl
Tajik reading? bol

Noun

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Dari بال
Iranian Persian
Tajik бол

بال (bâl)

  1. wing

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Shina

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

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Noun

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بال (baálm

  1. boy, child

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ب و ل
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Etymology

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From Arabic بَال (bāl).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بال (bālm

  1. mind
    طوّل بالك.
    ṭawwel bālak
    Be patient.
    (literally, “Lengthen your mind.”)
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
    دير بالك.
    dīr bālak
    Be careful.
    (literally, “Direct your mind.”)
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
    دير بالك على إمّك.
    dīr bālak ʕala ʕimmak
    Take care of your mother.

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Urdu

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla).

Noun

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بال (bālm (Hindi spelling बाल)

  1. hair
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  • Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati: بال (bāl)

Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

    Noun

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    بال (bālm (Hindi spelling बाल)

    1. (chiefly in compounds) child
      Synonym: بچہ (baccā)
    2. young boy
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    Etymology 3

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian بال (bāl), from Middle Persian b’lk’ (bālag, wing).

    Noun

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    بال (bālm (Hindi spelling बाल)

    1. feather
    2. wing