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अल

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Probably developed from earlier *ऋद् (ṛd) with vriddhi, apocope and lambdacism, and cognate with Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, arrowhead, spike).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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अल (ala) stemn

  1. the sting in the tail of a scorpion
  2. a certain poison
  3. yellow orpiment

Declension

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Neuter a-stem declension of अल
singular dual plural
nominative अलम् (alam) अले (ale) अलानि (alāni)
अला¹ (alā¹)
vocative अल (ala) अले (ale) अलानि (alāni)
अला¹ (alā¹)
accusative अलम् (alam) अले (ale) अलानि (alāni)
अला¹ (alā¹)
instrumental अलेन (alena) अलाभ्याम् (alābhyām) अलैः (alaiḥ)
अलेभिः¹ (alebhiḥ¹)
dative अलाय (alāya) अलाभ्याम् (alābhyām) अलेभ्यः (alebhyaḥ)
ablative अलात् (alāt) अलाभ्याम् (alābhyām) अलेभ्यः (alebhyaḥ)
genitive अलस्य (alasya) अलयोः (alayoḥ) अलानाम् (alānām)
locative अले (ale) अलयोः (alayoḥ) अलेषु (aleṣu)
  • ¹Vedic

References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 16

Further reading

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “अल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 93.
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अल”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016