ढाल

See also: ढोल, ढिलो, and ढीला

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɖʱɑːl/, [ɖʱäːl]

Etymology 1

From ढालना (ḍhālnā, “to pour”).

Noun

ढाल • (ḍhāl) f

1. slope, scarp
2. slope, gradient

   रेखा की ढाल ― rekhā kī ḍhāl ― slope of a line

Declension

Declension of ढाल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ढाल ḍhāl	ढालें ḍhālẽ
oblique	ढाल ḍhāl	ढालों ḍhālõ
vocative	ढाल ḍhāl	ढालो ḍhālo

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit ढाल (ḍhāla). Cognate with Marathi ढाल (ḍhāl).

Noun

ढाल • (ḍhāl) f (Urdu spelling ڈهال)

1. shield

Declension

Declension of ढाल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ढाल ḍhāl	ढालें ḍhālẽ
oblique	ढाल ḍhāl	ढालों ḍhālõ
vocative	ढाल ḍhāl	ढालो ḍhālo

Descendants

• → Pashto: ډال (ḍāl, “shield”)

Marathi

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Cognate with Hindi ढाल (ḍhāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖʱal/

Noun

ढाल • (ḍhāl) f (plural ढाली)

1. shield

See also

• तलवार (talvār, “sword”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঢাল (Assamese script)
• ᬠᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
• ঢাল (Bengali script)
• 𑰛𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀠𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ဎာလ (Burmese script)
• ઢાલ (Gujarati script)
• ਢਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌢𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦞꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂛𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಢಾಲ (Kannada script)
• ឍាល (Khmer script)
• ຒາລ (Lao script)
• ഢാല (Malayalam script)
• ᢟᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘛𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢎᠾᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦻𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐝𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଢାଲ (Odia script)
• ꢟꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆞𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖛𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
• ඪාල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩩𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚗𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
• ட⁴ால (Tamil script)
• ఢాల (Telugu script)
• ฒาล (Thai script)
• ཌྷཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒜𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨗𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Unknown. Probably of substrate origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɖʱɑː.l̪ɐ/

Alternative reconstructions

• *ढाल्ला f (*ḍhāllā) — based on descendants

Noun

ढाल • (ḍhāla) stem, n (Later Sanskrit)

1. a shield

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of ढाल

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ढालम् (ḍhālam)	ढाले (ḍhāle)	ढालानि (ḍhālāni) ढाला¹ (ḍhālā¹)
accusative	ढालम् (ḍhālam)	ढाले (ḍhāle)	ढालानि (ḍhālāni) ढाला¹ (ḍhālā¹)
instrumental	ढालेन (ḍhālena)	ढालाभ्याम् (ḍhālābhyām)	ढालैः (ḍhālaiḥ) ढालेभिः¹ (ḍhālebhiḥ¹)
dative	ढालाय (ḍhālāya)	ढालाभ्याम् (ḍhālābhyām)	ढालेभ्यः (ḍhālebhyaḥ)
ablative	ढालात् (ḍhālāt)	ढालाभ्याम् (ḍhālābhyām)	ढालेभ्यः (ḍhālebhyaḥ)
genitive	ढालस्य (ḍhālasya)	ढालयोः (ḍhālayoḥ)	ढालानाम् (ḍhālānām)
locative	ढाले (ḍhāle)	ढालयोः (ḍhālayoḥ)	ढालेषु (ḍhāleṣu)
vocative	ढाल (ḍhāla)	ढाले (ḍhāle)	ढालानि (ḍhālāni) ढाला¹ (ḍhālā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• ढालिन् (ḍhālin, “carrying a shield”)

Descendants

• Assamese: ঢাল (dhal)
• Bengali: ঢাল (ḍhal)
• Gujarati: ઢાલ f (ḍhāl)
• Hindustani: ḍhāl
  • Hindi: ढाल
  • Urdu: ڈھال
• Kashmiri: ڈال f (ḍāl)
• Kumaoni: ढाल (ḍhāl), ढाव (ḍhāw)
• Maithili: ढाल (ḍhāl)
• Marathi: ढाल f (ḍhāl)
• Nepali: ढाल (ḍhāl)
• Odia: ଢାଳ (ḍhāḷa)
• Punjabi: f ḍhāl

  Gurmukhi script: ਢਾਲ

  Shahmukhi script: ڈھال

• Sindhi: ḍhāla

  Arabic script: ڍال

  Devanagari script: ढाल

• →? Burmese: ဒိုင်း (duing:)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍhāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Monier Williams (1899) “ढाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431, column 1.