आला

See also: आलु, आलू, आले, and आलं

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.lɑː/, [äː.läː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian اعلی (a'lā), from Arabic أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā), elative degree of عَالٍ (ʕālin) and عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).

Adjective

आला • (ālā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اعلی)

1. supreme, chief, head

   Synonyms: उत्तम (uttam), श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh)

Derived terms

• वज़ीर-ए-आला (vazīr-e-ālā)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).

Noun

आला • (ālā) m (Urdu spelling آلہ)

1. tool, implement

Etymology 3

Inherited from Sanskrit आर्द्र (ārdra)? Compare Pali alla (“moist, wet; fresh”).

Adjective

आला • (ālā) (Urdu spelling آلا) (regional)

1. wet, saturated (esp. with rain)
2. fresh, green

Declension

Declension of आला (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	आला ālā	आले āle	आली ālī	आली ālī
oblique	आले āle	आले āle	आली ālī	आली ālī
vocative	आले āle	आले āle	आली ālī	आली ālī

Etymology 4

From Sanskrit आलय (ālaya).

Noun

आला • (ālā) m (Urdu spelling آلا)

1. niche in a wall or pillar

Etymology 5

Noun

आला • (ālā) m (Urdu spelling آلا)

1. hollow for water around the foot of a tree

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Verb

आला • (ālā) m

1. third-person masculine singular of आले (āle, “came”), which is the perfective of येणे (yeṇe, “to come”)