دال

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See also: ذال

Arabic

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Noun

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دَال (dālf (plural دَالَات (dālāt))

  1. dalet; dal, name of the eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet (د (d)), representing the sound /d/

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: dal
  • Classical Persian: دَال (dāl)
  • Uzbek: dol

Ottoman Turkish

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دال

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *dal (branch); cognate with Azerbaijani dal, Kazakh тал (tal), Kyrgyz тал (tal), Tatar тал (tal), Turkmen tal, Uzbek tɔl and Yakut талах (talaq).

Noun

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دال (dal)

  1. (botany) any ramification, such as a branch, bough, twig or spray
    Synonyms: بوداق (budak), شاخ (şah), غصن (ğasn)

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Persian

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Readings
Classical reading? dāl
Dari reading? dāl
Iranian reading? dâl
Tajik reading? dol

Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian d'lmn (/⁠dālman⁠/, eagle, lammergeyer). Cognate with Southern Luri دال (dâl, eagle), from the same root.

Noun

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Dari دال
Iranian Persian
Tajik дол

دال (dâl)

  1. eagle
  2. vulture
    دال معمولی
    dâl-e ma'muli
    the Eurasian griffon vulture
  3. bird of prey

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Urdu دال / Hindi दाल (dāl), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dālī), from Sanskrit दाल (dāla), itself from दलति (dalati, he splits); see दॄ (dṝ, to tear, divide, split). Likely via Mughal Persian.

Noun

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Dari دال
Iranian Persian عدس
Tajik наск

دال (dāl)

  1. lentil, dal

Etymology 3

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Arabic دال (dāl).

Proper noun

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دال (dâl)

  1. name of the letter د
See also
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Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dālī), from Sanskrit दाल (dāla), itself from दलति (dalati, he splits); see दॄ (dṝ, to tear, divide, split). Cognate with Marathi डाळ (ḍāḷ).

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Noun

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دال (dālf (Hindi spelling दाल)

  1. lentil, dal
  2. bean

Ushojo

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Noun

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دال (dāl)

  1. ash