वाला

See also: वेलू, वल, वली, वेला, वाले, -वाला, and -वाले

Hindi

Noun

वाला • (vālā) ?

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Descendants

• → English: wallah

Pali

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vālā (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ৰালা (Bengali script)
• වාලා (Sinhalese script)
• ဝါလာ or ဝႃလႃ (Burmese script)
• วาลา (Thai script)
• ᩅᩤᩃᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ວາລາ (Lao script)
• វាលា (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄂𑄣𑄂 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• bālā (Latin script)
• 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• बाला (Devanagari script)
• বালা (Bengali script)
• බාලා (Sinhalese script)
• ဗာလာ or ၿႃလႃ (Burmese script)
• พาลา (Thai script)
• ᨻᩣᩃᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ພາລາ (Lao script)
• ពាលា (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄂𑄣𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

वाला

1. Devanagari script form of vālā, which is inflection of वाल:
   1. ablative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural (vāla, “hair”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vālā (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ৰালা (Bengali script)
• වාලා (Sinhalese script)
• ဝါလာ or ဝႃလႃ (Burmese script)
• วาลา (Thai script)
• ᩅᩤᩃᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ວາລາ (Lao script)
• វាលា (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄂𑄣𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adjective

वाला

1. Devanagari script form of vālā, which is inflection of वाल:
   1. ablative singular masculine/neuter
   2. nominative/vocative plural (vāla, “malicious”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱালা (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬵᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
• বালা (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰯𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဝါလာ (Burmese script)
• વાલા (Gujarati script)
• ਵਾਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌾𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂰𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ವಾಲಾ (Kannada script)
• វាលា (Khmer script)
• ວາລາ (Lao script)
• വാലാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘰𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧑𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐵𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଵାଲା (Odia script)
• ꢮꢵꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆳𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖯𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
• වාලා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩛𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚭𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
• வாலா (Tamil script)
• వాలా (Telugu script)
• วาลา (Thai script)
• ཝཱ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒰𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨊𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.lɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.l̪ɑː/

Noun

वाला • (vālā) stem, f

1. coconut
2. Pavonia odorata
3. name of a yoginī
4. a kind of jasmine
5. śiphā

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of वाला

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वाला (vālā)	वाले (vāle)	वालाः (vālāḥ)
accusative	वालाम् (vālām)	वाले (vāle)	वालाः (vālāḥ)
instrumental	वालया (vālayā) वाला¹ (vālā¹)	वालाभ्याम् (vālābhyām)	वालाभिः (vālābhiḥ)
dative	वालायै (vālāyai)	वालाभ्याम् (vālābhyām)	वालाभ्यः (vālābhyaḥ)
ablative	वालायाः (vālāyāḥ) वालायै² (vālāyai²)	वालाभ्याम् (vālābhyām)	वालाभ्यः (vālābhyaḥ)
genitive	वालायाः (vālāyāḥ) वालायै² (vālāyai²)	वालयोः (vālayoḥ)	वालानाम् (vālānām)
locative	वालायाम् (vālāyām)	वालयोः (vālayoḥ)	वालासु (vālāsu)
vocative	वाले (vāle)	वाले (vāle)	वालाः (vālāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वाला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 946.