धवल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধৱল (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬯᬮ (Balinese script)
• ধবল (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰪𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀯𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ဓဝလ (Burmese script)
• ધવલ (Gujarati script)
• ਧਵਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑌵𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦮꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂫𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಧವಲ (Kannada script)
• ធវល (Khmer script)
• ຘວລ (Lao script)
• ധവല (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᠠᠸᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘪𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠠᠸᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧊𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐰𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଧଵଲ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢮꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆮𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖪𑖩 (Siddham script)
• ධවල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩾𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚦𑚥 (Takri script)
• த⁴வல (Tamil script)
• ధవల (Telugu script)
• ธวล (Thai script)
• དྷ་ཝ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒫𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨭𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɐ.ʋɐ.lɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɐ.ʋɐ.l̪ɐ/

Adjective

धवल • (dhavalá) stem

1. white

Descendants

Learned borrowings

• → Hindi: धवल (dhaval)
• → Marathi: धवळ (dhavaḷ)
• → Odia: ଧବଳ (dhåbåḷå)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀯𑀮 (dhavala)

• Western:
  • → Punjabi: ਧੌਲਾ (dhaulā, “white”)
    • → Lahnda: دھولؕ (dhôḷa)
  • → Sindhi:
    • → Devanagari script: धउँरो (dhaũro)
    • → Arabic script: ڌَونرو (dhaũro)
• Northern:
  • → Kumaoni: धौलो (“white”)
• Eastern:
  • → Assamese: ধল (dhol), ধলা (dhola)
  • → Bengali: ধল (dhol), ধলা (dhola)
  • → Bihari: धौर (dhaur)
  • → Odia: ଧଳା (dhåḷā)
• Central:
  • → Hindustani:
    • → Hindi: धौर (dhaur, “white pigeon”), धौला (dhaulā), धौरा (dhaurā), धोरा (dhorā)
    • → Urdu: دھَور (dhaur, “white pigeon”), دھَولَا (dhaulā), دھَورَ (dhaura), دھورَا (dhorā)
  • Old Gujarati:
    • → Gujarati: ધૌળું (dhauḷũ)
• Southern:
  • → Marathi: धवळ (dhavaḷ), धवळाइ (dhavḷāi) (learned)
  • → Dhivehi: ދަވަޅު (davaḷu, “beautiful, pretty”)
  • → Sinhalese: දවලු (dawalu)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀯𑀮𑀇 (dhavalaï)

• Western:
  • → Sindhi: ڌَونرَايڻُ (dhaũrāiṇu, “to whiten”)
• Eastern:
  • → Assamese: ধাৱলী (dhawoli, “to whitewash”)
  • → Odia: ଧାଲିବା (dhālibā, “to whitewash”)
• Central:
  • → Gujarati: ધૌળવું (dhauḷvũ)