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वाल

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Pali

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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वाल m

  1. Devanagari script form of vāla (hair)
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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वाल

  1. Devanagari script form of vāla (malicious)
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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Uncertain; possibly cognate with Lithuanian valai̇̃ (hair of the tail), if so from Proto-Indo-European *ul (the tail), Cognate with Latin *ulos (tail) (attested in adūlor), presumably from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wālás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wālás, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to turn).[1] Further suggested to be related to Latin adūlor. Possibly of Austroasiatic origin according to Przyluski, compare Vietnamese vải (cotton), Lao ຝ້າຍ (fāi, cotton) (a borrowing from Vietic). However the proper Proto-Austronesian root is *k-rn-pas, whence Sanskrit कर्पास (through Munda), so this hypothesis is untenable.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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वाल (vāla) stemm

  1. the tail of an animal
  2. the hair of the tail
  3. any hair of an animal
  4. bristles

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of वाल
singular dual plural
nominative वालः (vālaḥ) वालौ (vālau)
वाला¹ (vālā¹)
वालाः (vālāḥ)
वालासः¹ (vālāsaḥ¹)
accusative वालम् (vālam) वालौ (vālau)
वाला¹ (vālā¹)
वालान् (vālān)
instrumental वालेन (vālena) वालाभ्याम् (vālābhyām) वालैः (vālaiḥ)
वालेभिः¹ (vālebhiḥ¹)
dative वालाय (vālāya) वालाभ्याम् (vālābhyām) वालेभ्यः (vālebhyaḥ)
ablative वालात् (vālāt) वालाभ्याम् (vālābhyām) वालेभ्यः (vālebhyaḥ)
genitive वालस्य (vālasya) वालयोः (vālayoḥ) वालानाम् (vālānām)
locative वाले (vāle) वालयोः (vālayoḥ) वालेषु (vāleṣu)
vocative वाल (vāla) वालौ (vālau)
वाला¹ (vālā¹)
वालाः (vālāḥ)
वालासः¹ (vālāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

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  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ބޯ, ބޮލު (bō, bolu, head or hair)
  • Gujarati: વાળ (vāḷ, hair)
  • Hindi: बाल (bāl, hair)
  • Kashmiri: وال (vāl, hair)
  • Pali: vāla (tail, tail hair)
  • Punjabi: (hair) وال (vāl) / ਵਾਲ (vāl)
  • Romani: bal (hair)
  • Saraiki: وال (vāl, hair)
  • Urdu: بال (bāl)
  • ? Kannada: ಬಾಲ (bāla, tail) (probably)
  • Tamil: வால் (vāl)

References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “vā́ra-¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 545