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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”) (अभ्र (abhrá) +‎ तल (tála))[2] or Sanskrit *अभ्रकाल (abhrakāla, “cloudy weather”).[3] Cognate with Marathi आभाळ (ābhāḷ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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اَبھال • (abhāl) m (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 (abhālõ)
vocative اَبھال (abhāl) اَبھالو (abhālo)

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: “H. abhāl m. 'sky'”
  3. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*abhratala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 25: “H. abhāl m. 'sky'”
  4. ^ 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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  • “ابھال”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ابهال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 5
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