बादल

See also: बदल and बदला

Doteli

Etymology

From Sanskrit वार्दल (vārdala).

Noun

बादल (bādal)

1. cloud

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit वार्दल (vārdala) (compare Punjabi ਬੱਦਲ਼ / بدࣇ (baddaḷ), Gujarati વાદળ (vādaḷ), Marathi वादळ (vādaḷ) and Bengali বাদল (badol)), from वार्द (vārda, “water-giving; rain cloud”), a compound of वार् (vār, “water”) + द (da, “giving”); the first element is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHr̥ (“water; rain”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- ~ *weh₁r- (“water, rain, flow”). Cognate with Persian باران (“rain”), بارش (whence Hindi बारिश (bāriś)), Ossetian уарын (waryn, “rain”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭 (var, “rain”), Luwian 𒉿𒀀𒅈 (wār, “water”), Old Norse vari (“liquid, water”), Latvian jūra (“sea”), and Latin ūrīna (whence English urine), Avara.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bɑː.d̪əl/, [bäː.d̪ɐl]

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• Rhymes: -əl

Noun

बादल • (bādal) m (Urdu spelling بادل)

1. cloud

Declension

Declension of बादल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बादल bādal	बादल bādal
oblique	बादल bādal	बादलों bādalõ
vocative	बादल bādal	बादलो bādalo

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “बादल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 943.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vārdala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बादल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बादल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “बादल”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बादल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Etymology

From Sanskrit वार्दल (vārdala).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bäd̪ʌl]
• Phonetic Devanagari: बादल्

Noun

बादल • (bādal)

1. cloud