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डाल

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit डाल (ḍāla). Cognate with Marathi डहाळा (ḍahāḷā), Punjabi ਡਾਲ (ḍāl).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɖɑːl/, [ɖäːl]

Noun

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डाल (ḍālf (Urdu spelling ڈال)

  1. branch, bough

Declension

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Verb

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References

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Of uncertain origin. Kuiper and Turner derive the word from a Munda language. However, Mayrhofer considers it more likely that the word arose from a "spontaneous" retroflexion of दल् (dal, to split) in Middle Indic.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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डाल (ḍāla) stemm

  1. a branch

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of डाल (ḍāla)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative डालः
ḍālaḥ
डालौ / डाला¹
ḍālau / ḍālā¹
डालाः / डालासः¹
ḍālāḥ / ḍālāsaḥ¹
Vocative डाल
ḍāla
डालौ / डाला¹
ḍālau / ḍālā¹
डालाः / डालासः¹
ḍālāḥ / ḍālāsaḥ¹
Accusative डालम्
ḍālam
डालौ / डाला¹
ḍālau / ḍālā¹
डालान्
ḍālān
Instrumental डालेन
ḍālena
डालाभ्याम्
ḍālābhyām
डालैः / डालेभिः¹
ḍālaiḥ / ḍālebhiḥ¹
Dative डालाय
ḍālāya
डालाभ्याम्
ḍālābhyām
डालेभ्यः
ḍālebhyaḥ
Ablative डालात्
ḍālāt
डालाभ्याम्
ḍālābhyām
डालेभ्यः
ḍālebhyaḥ
Genitive डालस्य
ḍālasya
डालयोः
ḍālayoḥ
डालानाम्
ḍālānām
Locative डाले
ḍāle
डालयोः
ḍālayoḥ
डालेषु
ḍāleṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “डाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 430/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 229
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 461
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍāla¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press