डाल

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit डाल (ḍāla). Cognate with Marathi डहाळा (ḍahāḷā), Punjabi ਡਾਲ (ḍāl).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɖɑːl/, [ɖäːl]

Noun

डाल • (ḍāl) f (Urdu spelling ڈال)

branch, bough

Declension

Declension of डाल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	डाल ḍāl	डालें ḍālẽ
oblique	डाल ḍāl	डालों ḍālõ
vocative	डाल ḍāl	डालो ḍālo

Verb

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References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍāla¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ডাল (Assamese script)
ᬟᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
ডাল (Bengali script)
𑰚𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀟𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
ဍာလ (Burmese script)
ડાલ (Gujarati script)
ਡਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌡𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
ꦝꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
𑂙𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
ಡಾಲ (Kannada script)
ឌាល (Khmer script)
ຑາລ (Lao script)
ഡാല (Malayalam script)
ᡷᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘚𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
ᢎᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦺𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
𑐜𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
ଡାଲ (Odia script)
ꢞꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
𑆝𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
𑖚𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
ඩාල (Sinhalese script)
𑩨𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
𑚖𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
ட³ால (Tamil script)
డాల (Telugu script)
ฑาล (Thai script)
ཌཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
𑒛𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
𑨖𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Kuiper and Turner derive the word from a Munda language. However, Mayrhofer considers it more likely that the word arose from a "spontaneous" retroflexion of दल् (dal, “to split”) in Middle Indic.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɖɑː.lɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɖɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

डाल • (ḍāla) stem, m

a branch

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of डाल (ḍāla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	डालः ḍālaḥ	डालौ / डाला¹ ḍālau / ḍālā¹	डालाः / डालासः¹ ḍālāḥ / ḍālāsaḥ¹
Vocative	डाल ḍāla	डालौ / डाला¹ ḍālau / ḍālā¹	डालाः / डालासः¹ ḍālāḥ / ḍālāsaḥ¹
Accusative	डालम् ḍālam	डालौ / डाला¹ ḍālau / ḍālā¹	डालान् ḍālān
Instrumental	डालेन ḍālena	डालाभ्याम् ḍālābhyām	डालैः / डालेभिः¹ ḍālaiḥ / ḍālebhiḥ¹
Dative	डालाय ḍālāya	डालाभ्याम् ḍālābhyām	डालेभ्यः ḍālebhyaḥ
Ablative	डालात् ḍālāt	डालाभ्याम् ḍālābhyām	डालेभ्यः ḍālebhyaḥ
Genitive	डालस्य ḍālasya	डालयोः ḍālayoḥ	डालानाम् ḍālānām
Locative	डाले ḍāle	डालयोः ḍālayoḥ	डालेषु ḍāleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “डाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 430/3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 229
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 461
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍāla¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press