ابھال

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Hindi ابھال (abhal) (c. 1592) / آبھال (ābhal) (c. 1638),[1] from Sanskrit अभ्रतल (*abhratala, sky), a compound of अभ्र (abhrá) +‎ तल (tala).[2] Cognate with Marathi अभेळ (abheḷ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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اَبھال (abhālm (Hindi spelling अभाल) (obsolete)

  1. cloud
    Synonym: بادَل (bādal)

Declension

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Declension of ابھال
singular plural
direct اَبھال (abhāl) اَبھال (abhāl)
oblique اَبھال (abhāl) اَبھالوں (abhālō̃)
vocative اَبھال (abhāl) اَبھالو (abhālō)

References

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  1. ^ ابھال”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*abhratala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 525
  3. ^ John Shakespear (1834) “ابھال”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

Further reading

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