डाल

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɖɑːl/, [ɖäːl]

Noun

डाल • (ḍāl) f (Urdu spelling ڈال)

1. branch, bough

Declension

Declension of डाल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	डाल ḍāl	डालें ḍālẽ
oblique	डाल ḍāl	डालों ḍālõ
vocative	डाल ḍāl	डालो ḍālo

Verb

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References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍāla¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ডাল (Assamese script)
• ᬟᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
• ডাল (Bengali script)
• 𑰚𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀟𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ဍာလ (Burmese script)
• ડાલ (Gujarati script)
• ਡਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌡𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦝꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂙𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಡಾಲ (Kannada script)
• ឌាល (Khmer script)
• ຑາລ (Lao script)
• ഡാല (Malayalam script)
• ᡷᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘚𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢎᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦺𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐜𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଡାଲ (Odia script)
• ꢞꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆝𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖚𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
• ඩාල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩨𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚖𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
• ட³ால (Tamil script)
• డాల (Telugu script)
• ฑาล (Thai script)
• ཌཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒛𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨖𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɖɑː.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɖɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

डाल • (ḍāla) stem, m

1. a branch

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of डाल

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	डालः (ḍālaḥ)	डालौ (ḍālau) डाला¹ (ḍālā¹)	डालाः (ḍālāḥ) डालासः¹ (ḍālāsaḥ¹)
vocative	डाल (ḍāla)	डालौ (ḍālau) डाला¹ (ḍālā¹)	डालाः (ḍālāḥ) डालासः¹ (ḍālāsaḥ¹)
accusative	डालम् (ḍālam)	डालौ (ḍālau) डाला¹ (ḍālā¹)	डालान् (ḍālān)
instrumental	डालेन (ḍālena)	डालाभ्याम् (ḍālābhyām)	डालैः (ḍālaiḥ) डालेभिः¹ (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)

• ¹Vedic

References

• 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