वल्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱল্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বল্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝလ် (Burmese script)
• વલ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಲ್ (Kannada script)
• វល៑ (Khmer script)
• ວລ຺ (Lao script)
• വല് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠯ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵଲ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වල් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
• வல் (Tamil script)
• వల్ (Telugu script)
• วลฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin.

Traditionally derived directly from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, round”). However, due to the chronologically late attestation of the root, this is unlikely.

Tedesco derives the root from वृत् (vṛt, “to turn, rotate”); connections to तोरण (toraṇa, “an arch”), वलि (vali, “a wrinkle”), वलय (valaya, “a bracelet, circle”), and वेल्ल् (vell, “to shake about, sway”) have also been proposed.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐl/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐl̪/

Root

वल् • (val)

1. to turn, turn round, turn to
2. to be drawn or attached towards, be attached to
3. to move to and fro
4. to go, approach, hasten
5. to return (i.e. come back or home)
6. to return (i.e. depart or go away again)
7. to break forth, appear
8. to increase
9. to cover or enclose or to be covered

Derived terms

• अवलिष्ट (avaliṣṭa)
• अवीवलत् (avīvalat)
• वलति (valati)
• वलते (valate)
• वलयति (valayati)
• वलिता (valitā)
• वलित्वा (valitvā)
• ववले (vavale)
• वालयति (vālayati)
• विवालयिषु (vivālayiṣu)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 927/3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 155
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 460
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 161