परवल

Hindi

Alternative forms

• पलवल (palval)

Etymology

From Prakrit *परोल (parola). Doublet of पटोल (paṭol). Cognate with Marathi पडवळ (paḍvaḷ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pəɾ.ʋəl/, [pɐɾ.ʋɐl]

Noun

परवल • (parval) m (Urdu spelling پَرْوَل)

1. the pointed gourd

Declension

Declension of परवल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	परवल parval	परवल parval
oblique	परवल parval	परवलों parvalõ
vocative	परवल parval	परवलो parvalo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “परवल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “परवल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “परवल”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “پَرْوَل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.