See also: ذال

Arabic edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

دَال (dālf (plural دَالَات (dālāt))

  1. dalet; dal, name of the eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet (د (d)), representing the sound /d/

Declension edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

 
دال

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *dal (branch); cognate with Azerbaijani dal, Kazakh тал (tal), Kyrgyz тал (tal), Tatar тал (tal), Turkmen tal, Uzbek tɔl and Yakut талах (talaq).

Noun edit

دال (dal)

  1. (botany) any ramification, such as a branch, bough, twig or spray
    Synonyms: بوداق (budak), شاخ (şah), غصن (ğasn)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: dal
  • Armenian: տալ (tal)

Further reading edit

Persian edit

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? dāl
Dari reading? dāl
Iranian reading? dâl
Tajik reading? dol

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian d'lmn (/⁠dālman⁠/, eagle, lammergeyer). Cognate with Southern Luri دال (dâl, eagle), from the same root.

Noun edit

Dari دال
Iranian Persian
Tajik дол

دال (dâl)

  1. eagle
  2. vulture
    دال معمولی
    dâl-e ma'muli
    the Eurasian griffon vulture
  3. bird of prey

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Urdu دال / Hindi दाल (dāl), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dālī), from Sanskrit दाल (dāla), itself from दलति (dalati, he splits); see दॄ (dṝ, to tear, divide, split). Likely via Mughal Persian.

Noun edit

Dari دال
Iranian Persian عدس
Tajik наск

دال (dāl)

  1. lentil, dal

Etymology 3 edit

Arabic دال (dāl).

Proper noun edit

دال (dâl)

  1. name of the letter د
See also edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dālī), from Sanskrit दाल (dāla), itself from दलति (dalati, he splits); see दॄ (dṝ, to tear, divide, split). Cognate with Marathi डाळ (ḍāḷ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

دال (dālf (Hindi spelling दाल)

  1. lentil, dal
  2. bean

Ushojo edit

Noun edit

دال (dāl)

  1. ash