hiimaál
Phalura edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit *हिमचल (himacala, “avalanche”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hiimaál f (Perso-Arabic spelling ہِیمال)
- glacier, packed snow
- avalanche
Inflection edit
i-decl (Obl, pl): hiimeelí
References edit
- Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hiimaál”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press