bakaraál

Phalura

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit बर्कर (barkara)

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-

Sanskrit पा (pā)?

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Sanskrit पार (pāra)?

Sanskrit पाल (pāla)

Phalura bakaraál

From Sanskrit बर्कर (barkara) + पाल (pāla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bakaraál/

Noun

bakaraál m (Perso-Arabic spelling بکرال)

1. shepherd
2. goatherd

Inflection

Declension of bakaraál (aan-decl)

	singular	plural
nominative	bakaraál	bakaraalaán, bakaraalá
oblique	bakaraalá	bakaraaloóm, bakaraalaanoóm

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “bakaraál”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*barkarapāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 517