हाल

See also: हेलि, हौले, हेलो, होली, and हल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian حال‎ (hâl), from Arabic حَال‎ (ḥāl).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦɑːl/, [ɦäːl̪]

Noun

हाल • (hāl) m (Urdu spelling حال‎)

1. state, condition

Declension

Declension of हाल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हाल hāl	हाल hāl
oblique	हाल hāl	हालों hālõ
vocative	हाल hāl	हालो hālo

Kashmiri

Etymology

From Sanskrit शाला (śālā).

Noun

हाल • (hāl) m

1. a room, especially a large one
2. a hall

Derived terms

• च़ाटॖ हाल (ċāṭụ hāl, “a school, classroom”)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian حال‎ (hâl), from Arabic حَال‎ (ḥāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦal/

Noun

हाल • (hāl) m

1. state, condition

   Synonym: परिस्थिती (paristhitī)

2. trouble

Declension

Declension of हाल (hāl)
direct singular	हाल hāl
direct plural	हाल hāl
	singular		plural
nominative	हाल hāl		हाल hāl
oblique	हाला- hālā-		हालां- hālāN-
dative	हालाला hālālā		हालांना hālāNnā
ergative	हालाने hālāne		हालांनी hālāNni
instrumental	हालाशी hālāśi		हालांशी hālāNśi
locative	हालात hālāt		हालांत hālāNt
vocative	हाला hālā		हालांनो hālāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of हाल
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular*	plural
singular subject	हालाचा hālāċā	हालाचे hālāce	हालाची hālāci	हालाच्या hālāca	हालाचे, हालाचं hālāce, hālāċa	हालाची hālāci	हालाच्या hālāca
plural subject	हालांचा hālāNċā	हालांचे hālāNce	हालांची hālāNci	हालांच्या hālāNca	हालांचे, हालांचं hālāNce, hālāNċa	हालांची hālāNci	हालांच्या hālāNca
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬳᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
• হাল (Assamese script)
• হাল (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌹𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
• હાલ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦲꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
• ហាល (Khmer script)
• ಹಾಲ (Kannada script)
• ຫາລ (Lao script)
• ഹാല (Malayalam script)
• 𑘮𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဟာလ (Burmese script)
• 𑧎𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
• ହାଲ (Oriya script)
• ꢲꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
• හාල (Sinhalese script)
• హాల (Telugu script)
• หาล (Thai script)
• ཧཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of the root हल् (hal, “to plough”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː.lɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

हाल • (hāla) m

1. plough
2. a scraper (kind of bird)
3. a name of Balarama
4. name of a sātavāhana
5. name of a king (son of ariṣṭa-karman)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हाल (hāla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हालः hālaḥ	हालौ hālau	हालाः / हालासः¹ hālāḥ / hālāsaḥ¹
Vocative	हाल hāla	हालौ hālau	हालाः / हालासः¹ hālāḥ / hālāsaḥ¹
Accusative	हालम् hālam	हालौ hālau	हालान् hālān
Instrumental	हालेन hālena	हालाभ्याम् hālābhyām	हालैः / हालेभिः¹ hālaiḥ / hālebhiḥ¹
Dative	हालाय hālāya	हालाभ्याम् hālābhyām	हालेभ्यः hālebhyaḥ
Ablative	हालात् hālāt	हालाभ्याम् hālābhyām	हालेभ्यः hālebhyaḥ
Genitive	हालस्य hālasya	हालयोः hālayoḥ	हालानाम् hālānām
Locative	हाले hāle	हालयोः hālayoḥ	हालेषु hāleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “हाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1293.