lal

See also: -lal, -lál, LAL, Lal, Lal., lał, lāl-, lâl, and lål

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Lalia.

Symbol

lal

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lalia.

Aleut

Pronunciation

• (Western) IPA^(key): /ˈlal/

Verb

lal

1. to pick up, gather

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		лал
Arabic		لال

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لال (lāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫɑɫ]

• Audio (Baku):

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Adjective

lal (comparative daha lal, superlative ən lal)

1. mute

Derived terms

• lallıq

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “lal”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 3, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, pages 239-240

Kabyle

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *əlalăʔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lal/

Verb

lal (verbal noun talalit or alali)

1. to be born; to begin; to appear

   Lulen-d deg useggʷas n 1999. ― They were born in 1999.

Usage notes

• This verb may or may not be affixed with the ventive clitic d.

References

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[2], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lal.

Noun

lal

1. chief

Derived terms

• lalpa

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “lal”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Mokilese

Noun

lal (construct lalin)

1. word, language

Verb

lal

1. (intransitive) to talk, speak

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎^[3], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 128

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

lal

1. mute (not having the power of speech)

Derived terms

• lalî
• lalîtî
• laltî

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: lal

Noun

lal f

1. genitive plural of lala

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴓𐴝𐴓𐴢 (lal) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Hindi लाल (lāl, “red”).

Adjective

lal (Hanifi spelling 𐴓𐴝𐴓𐴢)

1. red

Sumerian

Romanization

lal

1. romanization of 𒇲 (lal)

Tashelhit

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Berber *əlalăʔ (“to be born”).

Verb

lal (perfective lul, imperfective ttlal or ttlala, verbal noun talalit, Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴰⵍ, Arabic spelling لال)

1. to be born

   مان اسڭُّاس ا تلولت؟ ― man asggʷas a tlult? ― What year were you born?

   لولغ غ مرّاكش. ― lulɣ ɣ mṛṛakc. ― I was born in Marrakesh.

Derived terms

• ass n tlalit (“birthday”)
• talalit (“birth”)

Related terms

• aru (“to give birth”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Berber *lall (“female posessor; mistress”).

Alternative forms

• lall, lalla, nanna

Noun

lal f (plural istt lal, male equivalent bab, Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴰⵍ, Arabic spelling لال)

1. female owner
2. mistress

   ماني تكّا لال ن تڭمّي؟ ― mani tkka lal n tgmmi? ― where is the mistress of the house?

Inflection

Inflection of lal

	singular	plural
free state	lal	istt lal, id lal
annexed state	lal	istt lal, id lal

Derived terms

• lal n tgmmi, lal n takat (“the house mistress”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 F–L (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1272

Tat

Etymology

Cognate with Persian لال (lāl).

Adjective

lal

1. mute, dumb

Wolof

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

lal

1. bed

Zazaki

Noun

lal

1. dumb

Derived terms

• lalek