अल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অল (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬮ (Balinese script)
• অল (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• အလ (Burmese script)
• અલ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಲ (Kannada script)
• អល (Khmer script)
• ອລ (Lao script)
• അല (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଅଲ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖩 (Siddham script)
• අල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚥 (Takri script)
• அல (Tamil script)
• అల (Telugu script)
• อล (Thai script)
• ཨ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably developed from earlier *ऋद् (ṛd) with vriddhi, apocope and lambdacism, and cognate with Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, “arrowhead, spike”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.l̪ɐ/

Noun

अल • (ala) stem, n

1. the sting in the tail of a scorpion
2. a certain poison
3. yellow orpiment

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of अल (ala)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अलम् alam	अले ale	अलानि / अला¹ alāni / alā¹
Vocative	अल ala	अले ale	अलानि / अला¹ alāni / alā¹
Accusative	अलम् alam	अले ale	अलानि / अला¹ alāni / alā¹
Instrumental	अलेन alena	अलाभ्याम् alābhyām	अलैः / अलेभिः¹ alaiḥ / alebhiḥ¹
Dative	अलाय alāya	अलाभ्याम् alābhyām	अलेभ्यः alebhyaḥ
Ablative	अलात् alāt	अलाभ्याम् alābhyām	अलेभ्यः alebhyaḥ
Genitive	अलस्य alasya	अलयोः alayoḥ	अलानाम् alānām
Locative	अले ale	अलयोः alayoḥ	अलेषु aleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “अल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 93.
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अल”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016