लाल

See also: लाला and लोला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian لال‎ (lâl). Compare Punjabi ਲਾਲ (lāl) / لال‎ (lāl), Gujarati લાલ (lāl), Marathi लाल (lāl), Bengali লাল (lal).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /lɑːl/, [l̪äːl̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑːl

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Adjective

लाल • (lāl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لَال‎)

1. (colour) red

Noun

लाल • (lāl) m (Urdu spelling لَال‎)

1. red color

Declension

Declension of लाल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लाल lāl	लाल lāl
oblique	लाल lāl	लालों lālõ
vocative	लाल lāl	लालो lālo

See also

Colors in Hindi · रंग (raṅg) (layout · text)

सफ़ेद (safed), श्वेत (śvet)	धूसर (dhūsar), छाई (chāī)	काला (kālā), श्याम (śyām)
लाल (lāl), सुर्ख़ (surx); गहरा लाल (gahrā lāl), क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī)	नारंगी (nāraṅgī), माल्टा (mālṭā); भूरा (bhūrā)	पीला (pīlā); मलाई (malāī)
नींबू (nīmbū), सुगा पंछी (sugā pañchī)	हरा (harā)
आकाशी (ākāśī), आसमानी (āsmānī)	आसमानी (āsmānī)	नीला (nīlā), नील (nīl)
जामुनी (jāmunī); नील (nīl)	रानी (rānī); बैंगनी (baiṅgnī), जामुनी (jāmunī)	गुलाबी (gulābī)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian لال‎ (lâl). Compare Gujarati લાલ (lāl), Hindustani لَال‎ / लाल (lāl), Punjabi ਲਾਲ (lāl) / لال‎ (lāl), Bengali লাল (lal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lal/

Adjective

लाल • (lāl)

1. red

Noun

लाल • (lāl) m

1. red colour

Derived terms

• लाली (lālī)
• लाल भोपळा (lāl bhopḷā)

See also

Colors in Marathi · रंग (raṅga) (layout · text)

पांढरा (pāṇḍhrā)	पारवा (pārvā), राखाडी (rākhāḍī)	काळा (kāḷā)
लाल (lāl); [Term?]	केशरी (keśrī), भगवा (bhagvā); तपकिरी (tapkirī)	पिवळा (pivḷā); [Term?]
पोपटी (popṭī)	हिरवा (hirvā)	[Term?]; [Term?]
[Term?]; आकाशी (ākāśī)	[Term?]	निळा (niḷā)
[Term?]; [Term?]	[Term?]; जांभळा (j̈āmbhaḷā)	गुलाबी (gulābī)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “लाल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “लाल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “लाल”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.