गल्
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- গল্ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
- গল্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဂလ် (Burmese script)
- ગલ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਗਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಗಲ್ (Kannada script)
- គល៑ (Khmer script)
- ຄລ຺ (Lao script)
- ഗല് (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᠯ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᠯ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଗଲ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ගල් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
- க³ல் (Tamil script)
- గల్ (Telugu script)
- คลฺ (Thai script)
- ག་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
Likely from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gál, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gál, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“to drip, dribble, ooze, flow”). Cognate with Albanian gëloj, Old High German quellan (“to well up, to pour out”), Old English cwylla (“spring, source”) (whence English quell).
Pronunciation edit
Root edit
गल् • (gal)
- to drip, drop, ooze, trickle, distill
- to fall down or off
- to vanish, perish, pass away
- (of a liquid) to drop
- to cause to drop, filter, strain
- to cause (the water of a dropsical person) to go off
- to fuse, liquefy, dissolve, melt
- causing to drop from one's body
Derived terms edit
- गलति (galati)
- गालयति (gālayati)
- जल्गल्यमान (jalgalyamāna)
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “गल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 350/3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 35
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 476-477