प्याला

See also: प्याली, पायल, and पियाला

Hindi

Alternative forms

• पियाला (piyālā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پیاله (piyāla). First attested as Old Hindi पियाला (piyālā). Compare Bengali পেয়ালা (peẏala), Gujarati પ્યાલો (pyālo), Odia ପିଆଲା (piālā), Punjabi ਪਿਆਲਾ (piālā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pjɑː.lɑː/, [pjäː.läː]

Noun

प्याला • (pyālā) m (feminine प्याली, Urdu spelling پِیَالَہ)

1. a cup, a mug

Declension

Declension of प्याला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्याला pyālā	प्याले pyāle
oblique	प्याले pyāle	प्यालों pyālõ
vocative	प्याले pyāle	प्यालो pyālo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्याला”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “प्याला”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्याला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 651