आला
Hindi edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian اعلی (a'lā), from Arabic أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā), elative degree of عَالٍ (ʕālin) and عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).
Adjective edit
आला • (ālā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اعلی)
Derived terms edit
- वज़ीर-ए-आला (vazīr-e-ālā)
Etymology 2 edit
Ultimately from Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).
Noun edit
आला • (ālā) m (Urdu spelling آلہ)
Etymology 3 edit
Inherited from Sanskrit आर्द्र (ārdra)? Compare Pali alla (“moist, wet; fresh”).
Adjective edit
आला • (ālā) (Urdu spelling آلا) (regional)
- wet, saturated (esp. with rain)
- fresh, green
Declension edit
Declension of आला (ā-stem)
Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
आला • (ālā) m (Urdu spelling آلا)
- niche in a wall or pillar
Etymology 5 edit
Noun edit
आला • (ālā) m (Urdu spelling آلا)
- hollow for water around the foot of a tree
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi edit
Verb edit
आला • (ālā) m
- third-person masculine singular of आले (āle, “came”), which is the perfective of येणे (yeṇe, “to come”)