शाल

See also: शाला, शील, शिला, शूल्, शीला, शूल, and -शाली

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃɑːl/, [ʃäːl]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit शाल (śāla).

Noun

शाल • (śāl) m (Urdu spelling شَال)

1. sal tree (Shorea robusta)
2. banded snakehead (Channa striata, syn. Ophiocephalus wrahl)

Declension

Declension of शाल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शाल śāl	शाल śāl
oblique	शाल śāl	शालों śālõ
vocative	शाल śāl	शालो śālo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian شال (šāl). Doublet of साड़ी (sāṛī). Compare Bengali শাল (śal), Punjabi ਸ਼ਾਲ (śāl) / شال (śāl), Gujarati શાલ (śāl), Marathi शाल (śāl), Kannada ಶಾಲು (śālu), Telugu శాలువ (śāluva).

Noun

शाल • (śāl) f (Urdu spelling شَال)

1. shawl, scarf
2. veil

Declension

Declension of शाल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शाल śāl	शालें śālẽ
oblique	शाल śāl	शालों śālõ
vocative	शाल śāl	शालो śālo

Descendants

• → French: châle
  • → Catalan: xal
  • → Italian: scialle
  • → Polish: szal
  • → Spanish: chal

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “शाल”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शाल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Kashmiri

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːl/

Noun

शाल • (śāl) m (Perso-Arabic شال)

1. jackal

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شال (šāl). Doublet of साडी (sāḍī). Compare Gujarati શાલ (śāl), Hindustani شَال (śāl) / शाल (śāl), Kannada ಶಾಲು (śālu), Telugu శాలువ (śāluva), Punjabi ਸ਼ਾਲ (śāl) / شال (śāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕal/

Noun

शाल • (śāl) m

1. shawl, scarf

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “शाल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शाल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “शाल”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শাল (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
• শাল (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ၐာလ (Burmese script)
• શાલ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಾಲ (Kannada script)
• ឝាល (Khmer script)
• ຨາລ (Lao script)
• ശാല (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଶାଲ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
• ශාල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
• ஶால (Tamil script)
• శాల (Telugu script)
• ศาล (Thai script)
• ཤཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɑː.lɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɑː.l̪ɐ/

Adjective

शाल • (śālá) stem

1. being in a house

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शाल (śālá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शालः śāláḥ	शालौ / शाला¹ śālaú / śālā́¹	शालाः / शालासः¹ śālā́ḥ / śālā́saḥ¹
Vocative	शाल śā́la	शालौ / शाला¹ śā́lau / śā́lā¹	शालाः / शालासः¹ śā́lāḥ / śā́lāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शालम् śālám	शालौ / शाला¹ śālaú / śālā́¹	शालान् śālā́n
Instrumental	शालेन śāléna	शालाभ्याम् śālā́bhyām	शालैः / शालेभिः¹ śālaíḥ / śālébhiḥ¹
Dative	शालाय śālā́ya	शालाभ्याम् śālā́bhyām	शालेभ्यः śālébhyaḥ
Ablative	शालात् śālā́t	शालाभ्याम् śālā́bhyām	शालेभ्यः śālébhyaḥ
Genitive	शालस्य śālásya	शालयोः śāláyoḥ	शालानाम् śālā́nām
Locative	शाले śālé	शालयोः śāláyoḥ	शालेषु śāléṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of शाला (śālā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शाला śālā́	शाले śālé	शालाः śālā́ḥ
Vocative	शाले śā́le	शाले śā́le	शालाः śā́lāḥ
Accusative	शालाम् śālā́m	शाले śālé	शालाः śālā́ḥ
Instrumental	शालया / शाला¹ śāláyā / śālā́¹	शालाभ्याम् śālā́bhyām	शालाभिः śālā́bhiḥ
Dative	शालायै śālā́yai	शालाभ्याम् śālā́bhyām	शालाभ्यः śālā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	शालायाः / शालायै² śālā́yāḥ / śālā́yai²	शालाभ्याम् śālā́bhyām	शालाभ्यः śālā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	शालायाः / शालायै² śālā́yāḥ / śālā́yai²	शालयोः śāláyoḥ	शालानाम् śālā́nām
Locative	शालायाम् śālā́yām	शालयोः śāláyoḥ	शालासु śālā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of शाल (śālá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शालम् śālám	शाले śālé	शालानि / शाला¹ śālā́ni / śālā́¹
Vocative	शाल śā́la	शाले śā́le	शालानि / शाला¹ śā́lāni / śā́lā¹
Accusative	शालम् śālám	शाले śālé	शालानि / शाला¹ śālā́ni / śālā́¹
Instrumental	शालेन śāléna	शालाभ्याम् śālā́bhyām	शालैः / शालेभिः¹ śālaíḥ / śālébhiḥ¹
Dative	शालाय śālā́ya	शालाभ्याम् śālā́bhyām	शालेभ्यः śālébhyaḥ
Ablative	शालात् śālā́t	शालाभ्याम् śālā́bhyām	शालेभ्यः śālébhyaḥ
Genitive	शालस्य śālásya	शालयोः śāláyoḥ	शालानाम् śālā́nām
Locative	शाले śālé	शालयोः śāláyoḥ	शालेषु śāléṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

शाल • (śālá) stem, m

1. Shorea robusta or the sāla tree
2. a kind of fish, Ophiocephalus wrahl
3. any tree

   Synonyms: वृक्ष (vṛkṣa), तरु (taru)

4. an enclosure, court, fence, rampart, wall
5. Artocarpus lacucha

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शाल (śālá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शालः śāláḥ	शालौ / शाला¹ śālaú / śālā́¹	शालाः / शालासः¹ śālā́ḥ / śālā́saḥ¹
Vocative	शाल śā́la	शालौ / शाला¹ śā́lau / śā́lā¹	शालाः / शालासः¹ śā́lāḥ / śā́lāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शालम् śālám	शालौ / शाला¹ śālaú / śālā́¹	शालान् śālā́n
Instrumental	शालेन śāléna	शालाभ्याम् śālā́bhyām	शालैः / शालेभिः¹ śālaíḥ / śālébhiḥ¹
Dative	शालाय śālā́ya	शालाभ्याम् śālā́bhyām	शालेभ्यः śālébhyaḥ
Ablative	शालात् śālā́t	शालाभ्याम् śālā́bhyām	शालेभ्यः śālébhyaḥ
Genitive	शालस्य śālásya	शालयोः śāláyoḥ	शालानाम् śālā́nām
Locative	शाले śālé	शालयोः śāláyoḥ	शालेषु śāléṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1067.