हाल

See also: हेलि, हौले, हेलो, होली, and हल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حال (hāl), from Arabic حَال (ḥāl). Compare Bengali হাল (hal), Marathi हाल (hāl), Punjabi ਹਾਲ (hāl).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɑːl/, [ɦäːl]

Noun

हाल • (hāl) m (Urdu spelling حال)

1. state, condition

Declension

Declension of हाल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हाल hāl	हाल hāl
oblique	हाल hāl	हालों hālõ
vocative	हाल hāl	हालो hālo

Related terms

• हालत (hālat)

Kashmiri

Etymology

From Sanskrit शाला (śālā).

Noun

हाल • (hāl) m

1. a room, especially a large one
2. a hall

Derived terms

• च़ाटॖ हाल (ċāṭụ hāl, “a school, classroom”)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حال (hāl), from Arabic حَال (ḥāl). Compare Hindi हाल (hāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦal/

Noun

हाल • (hāl) m

1. state, condition

   Synonyms: स्थिती (sthitī), अवस्था (avasthā), दशा (daśā)

2. trouble

Declension

Declension of हाल (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	हाल hāl
direct plural	हाल hāl
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	हाल hāl		हाल hāl
oblique सामान्यरूप	हाला hālā		हालां- hālān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	हालाला hālālā		हालांना hālānnā
ergative	हालाने, हालानं hālāne, hālāna		हालांनी hālānnī
instrumental	हालाशी hālāśī		हालांशी hālānśī
locative सप्तमी	हालात hālāt		हालांत hālāt
vocative संबोधन	हाला hālā		हालांनो hālānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of हाल (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	हालाचा hālāċā	हालाचे hālāċe	हालाची hālācī	हालाच्या hālācā	हालाचे, हालाचं hālāċe, hālāċa	हालाची hālācī	हालाच्या hālācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	हालांचा hālānċā	हालांचे hālānċe	हालांची hālāñcī	हालांच्या hālāncā	हालांचे, हालांचं hālānċe, hālānċa	हालांची hālāñcī	हालांच्या hālāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হাল (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
• হাল (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ဟာလ (Burmese script)
• હાલ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಾಲ (Kannada script)
• ហាល (Khmer script)
• ຫາລ (Lao script)
• ഹാല (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
• ହାଲ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
• හාල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
• ஹால (Tamil script)
• హాల (Telugu script)
• หาล (Thai script)
• ཧཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of the root हल् (hal, “to plough”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

हाल • (hāla) stem, m

1. plough
2. a scraper (kind of bird)
3. a name of Balarama
4. name of a sātavāhana
5. name of a king (son of ariṣṭa-karman)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हाल (hāla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हालः hālaḥ	हालौ / हाला¹ hālau / hālā¹	हालाः / हालासः¹ hālāḥ / hālāsaḥ¹
Vocative	हाल hāla	हालौ / हाला¹ hālau / hālā¹	हालाः / हालासः¹ hālāḥ / hālāsaḥ¹
Accusative	हालम् hālam	हालौ / हाला¹ hālau / hālā¹	हालान् hālān
Instrumental	हालेन hālena	हालाभ्याम् hālābhyām	हालैः / हालेभिः¹ hālaiḥ / hālebhiḥ¹
Dative	हालाय hālāya	हालाभ्याम् hālābhyām	हालेभ्यः hālebhyaḥ
Ablative	हालात् hālāt	हालाभ्याम् hālābhyām	हालेभ्यः hālebhyaḥ
Genitive	हालस्य hālasya	हालयोः hālayoḥ	हालानाम् hālānām
Locative	हाले hāle	हालयोः hālayoḥ	हालेषु hāleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1293.