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Etymology edit

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (to split, divide), and thus cognate with Latvian dalīt (to split, divide), Latin dolor.

However, Mayrhofer is skeptical of the above etymology, due to the root's lack of attestation in Vedic texts, and instead derives it from an l-form of दॄ (dṝ, to tear, split).

Pronunciation edit

Root edit

दल् (dal)

  1. to split, crack, crack open
  2. to burst

Derived terms edit

  • दल (dála, part, division, detachment)

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “दल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0471.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दल्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 070
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दल्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 262-263