वाल

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Pali

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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वाल m

  1. Devanagari script form of vāla (hair)
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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वाल

  1. Devanagari script form of vāla (malicious)
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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Uncertain; possibly cognate with Lithuanian valaĩ (hair of the tail), if so from Proto-Indo-European *ul (the tail), Cognate with Latin *ulos (tail) (attested in adūlor), presumably from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wālás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wālás, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to turn).[1] Further suggested to be related to Latin adūlor. Possibly of Austroasiatic origin according to Przyluski, compare Vietnamese vải (cotton), Lao ຝ້າຍ (fāi, cotton) (a borrowing from Vietic). However the proper Proto-Austronesian root is *k-rn-pas, whence Sanskrit कर्पास (through Munda), so this hypothesis is untenable.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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वाल (vāla) stemm

  1. the tail of an animal
  2. the hair of the tail
  3. any hair of an animal
  4. bristles

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of वाल (vāla)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वालः
vālaḥ
वालौ / वाला¹
vālau / vālā¹
वालाः / वालासः¹
vālāḥ / vālāsaḥ¹
Vocative वाल
vāla
वालौ / वाला¹
vālau / vālā¹
वालाः / वालासः¹
vālāḥ / vālāsaḥ¹
Accusative वालम्
vālam
वालौ / वाला¹
vālau / vālā¹
वालान्
vālān
Instrumental वालेन
vālena
वालाभ्याम्
vālābhyām
वालैः / वालेभिः¹
vālaiḥ / vālebhiḥ¹
Dative वालाय
vālāya
वालाभ्याम्
vālābhyām
वालेभ्यः
vālebhyaḥ
Ablative वालात्
vālāt
वालाभ्याम्
vālābhyām
वालेभ्यः
vālebhyaḥ
Genitive वालस्य
vālasya
वालयोः
vālayoḥ
वालानाम्
vālānām
Locative वाले
vāle
वालयोः
vālayoḥ
वालेषु
vāleṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

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  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ބޯ, ބޮލު (bō, bolu, head or hair)
  • Gujarati: વાળ (vāḷ, hair)
  • Hindi: बाल (bāl, hair)
  • Kashmiri: وال (vāl, hair)
  • Pali: vāla (tail, tail hair)
  • Punjabi: (hair) وال (vāl) / ਵਾਲ (vāl)
  • Romani: bal (hair)
  • Saraiki: وال (vāl, hair)
  • Urdu: بال (bāl)
  • ? Kannada: ಬಾಲ (bāla, tail) (probably)
  • Tamil: வால் (vāl)

References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “vā́ra-¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 545