पाल्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পাল্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬵᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
• পাল্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰯𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀸𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပါလ် (Burmese script)
• પાલ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਾਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌾𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦴꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂰𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಾಲ್ (Kannada script)
• បាល៑ (Khmer script)
• ປາລ຺ (Lao script)
• പാല് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘰𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᢗᠯ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧑𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐵𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପାଲ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢵꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆳𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖯𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පාල් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩛𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚭𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
• பால் (Tamil script)
• పాల్ (Telugu script)
• ปาลฺ (Thai script)
• པཱ་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒰𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨊𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A denominal root from पाल (pāla, “guard, herdsman”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑːl/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɑːl̪/

Root

पाल् • (pāl)

1. to watch, guard, protect, defend, rule, govern
2. to keep, maintain, observe (a promise or vow)

Derived terms

• अपीपलत् (apīpalat)
• पालयति (pālayati)
• पालयते (pālayate)
• पालयत् (pālayat)
• पालयान (pālayāna)
• पालयाम् (pālayām)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पाल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 622/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 124
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pāláyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press