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डाल

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit डाल (ḍāla). Cognate with Marathi डहाळा (ḍahāḷā), Punjabi ਡਾਲ (ḍāl).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɖɑːl/, [ɖäːl]

Noun

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डाल (ḍālf (Urdu spelling ڈال)

  1. branch, bough

Declension

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Declension of डाल (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct डाल
ḍāl
डालें
ḍālẽ
oblique डाल
ḍāl
डालों
ḍālõ
vocative डाल
ḍāl
डालो
ḍālo

Verb

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References

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Of uncertain origin. Kuiper and Turner derive the word from a Munda language. However, Mayrhofer considers it more likely that the word arose from a "spontaneous" retroflexion of दल् (dal, to split) in Middle Indic.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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डाल (ḍāla) stemm

  1. a branch

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of डाल
singular dual plural
nominative डालः (ḍālaḥ) डालौ (ḍālau)
डाला¹ (ḍālā¹)
डालाः (ḍālāḥ)
डालासः¹ (ḍālāsaḥ¹)
accusative डालम् (ḍālam) डालौ (ḍālau)
डाला¹ (ḍālā¹)
डालान् (ḍālān)
instrumental डालेन (ḍālena) डालाभ्याम् (ḍālābhyām) डालैः (ḍālaiḥ)
डालेभिः¹ (ḍālebhiḥ¹)
dative डालाय (ḍālāya) डालाभ्याम् (ḍālābhyām) डालेभ्यः (ḍālebhyaḥ)
ablative डालात् (ḍālāt) डालाभ्याम् (ḍālābhyām) डालेभ्यः (ḍālebhyaḥ)
genitive डालस्य (ḍālasya) डालयोः (ḍālayoḥ) डालानाम् (ḍālānām)
locative डाले (ḍāle) डालयोः (ḍālayoḥ) डालेषु (ḍāleṣu)
vocative डाल (ḍāla) डालौ (ḍālau)
डाला¹ (ḍālā¹)
डालाः (ḍālāḥ)
डालासः¹ (ḍālāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “डाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 430/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 229
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 461
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍāla¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press