करवाल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কৰৱাল (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬭᬯᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
• করবাল (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰨𑰪𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀭𑀯𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ကရဝါလ (Burmese script)
• કરવાલ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਰਵਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦫꦮꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂩𑂫𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಕರವಾಲ (Kannada script)
• ករវាល (Khmer script)
• ກຣວາລ (Lao script)
• കരവാല (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡵᠠᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘨𑘪𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠷᠠᠸᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧈𑧊𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐬𑐰𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
• କରଵାଲ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢬꢮꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆫𑆮𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖨𑖪𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
• කරවාල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩼𑩾𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚤𑚦𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
• கரவால (Tamil script)
• కరవాల (Telugu script)
• กรวาล (Thai script)
• ཀ་ར་ཝཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒩𑒫𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨫𑨭𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Latter part borrowed from South Dravidian I; compare Malayalam വാൾ (vāḷ), Tamil வாள் (vāḷ). Mayrhofer considers a borrowing from Dravidian கைவாள் (kaivāḷ, “short sword”), with the similar-sounding and meaning कर (kara, “doer; hand”) substituting for the Dravidian கை (kai, “hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐ.ʋɑː.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈʋɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

करवाल • (karavāla) stem, ?

1. sword

   Synonym: रिष्टि (riṣṭi)

2. finger-nail

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “करवाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.