दयालु

Hindi

Alternative forms

• दयालू (dayālū)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दयालु (dayālu). By surface analysis, दया (dayā) +‎ -आलु (-ālu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.jɑː.luː/, [d̪ɐ.jäː.luː]

Adjective

दयालु • (dayālu) (indeclinable)

1. kind, compassionate

   Synonyms: कृपालु (kŕpālu), दयावान् (dayāvān)

Derived terms

• दयालुता (dayālutā)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “दयालु”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2216
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “दयालु”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 300.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “दयालु”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 305
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दयालू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 479

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দয়ালু (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬬᬵᬮᬸ (Balinese script)
• দয়ালু (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰧𑰯𑰩𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀬𑀸𑀮𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဒယာလု (Burmese script)
• દયાલુ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਯਾਲੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌯𑌾𑌲𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦪꦴꦭꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂨𑂰𑂪𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ದಯಾಲು (Kannada script)
• ទយាលុ (Khmer script)
• ທຍາລຸ (Lao script)
• ദയാലു (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘧𑘰𑘩𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠯᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧇𑧑𑧉𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐫𑐵𑐮𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଦଯାଲୁ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢫꢵꢭꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆪𑆳𑆬𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖧𑖯𑖩𑖲 (Siddham script)
• දයාලු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩻𑩛𑩽𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚰 (Takri script)
• த³யாலு (Tamil script)
• దయాలు (Telugu script)
• ทยาลุ (Thai script)
• ད་ཡཱ་ལུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒨𑒰𑒪𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨪𑨊𑨬𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

दया (dayā́, “compassion”) +‎ -आलु (-ālu, “having, prone to”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ.jɑː.lu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐ.jɑː.l̪u/

Adjective

दयालु • (dayālu) stem

1. pitiful, taking pity on

   Synonym: दयावत् (dayāvat)

Declension

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Descendants

• → Bengali: দয়ালু (doẏalu) (learned)
• → Hindi: दयालु (dayālu) (learned)
• → Marathi: दयाळू (dayāḷū) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “दयालु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 470, column 1.