ढाल

See also: ढोल, ढिलो, and ढीला

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɖʱɑːl/, [ɖʱäːl]

Etymology 1

From ढालना (ḍhālnā, “to pour”).

Noun

ढाल • (ḍhāl) f

1. slope, scarp
2. slope, gradient

   रेखा की ढाल ― rekhā kī ḍhāl ― slope of a line

Declension

Declension of ढाल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ढाल ḍhāl	ढालें ḍhālẽ
oblique	ढाल ḍhāl	ढालों ḍhālõ
vocative	ढाल ḍhāl	ढालो ḍhālo

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit ढाल (ḍhāla). Cognate with Marathi ढाल (ḍhāl).

Noun

ढाल • (ḍhāl) f (Urdu spelling ڈهال)

1. shield

Declension

Declension of ढाल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ढाल ḍhāl	ढालें ḍhālẽ
oblique	ढाल ḍhāl	ढालों ḍhālõ
vocative	ढाल ḍhāl	ढालो ḍhālo

Descendants

• → Pashto: ډال (ḍāl, “shield”)

Marathi

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Cognate with Hindi ढाल (ḍhāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖʱal/

Noun

ढाल • (ḍhāl) f (plural ढाली)

1. shield

See also

• तलवार (talvār, “sword”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ঢাল (Assamese script)
• ᬠᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
• ঢাল (Bengali script)
• 𑰛𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀠𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ဎာလ (Burmese script)
• ઢાલ (Gujarati script)
• ਢਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌢𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦞꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂛𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಢಾಲ (Kannada script)
• ឍាល (Khmer script)
• ຒາລ (Lao script)
• ഢാല (Malayalam script)
• ᢟᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘛𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢎᠾᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦻𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐝𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଢାଲ (Odia script)
• ꢟꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆞𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖛𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
• ඪාල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩩𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚗𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
• ட⁴ால (Tamil script)
• ఢాల (Telugu script)
• ฒาล (Thai script)
• ཌྷཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒜𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨗𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɖʱɑː.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɖʱɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

ढाल • (ḍhāla) stem, ?

1. A shield

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “ढालम्”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]