पलल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পলল (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬮᬮ (Balinese script)
• পলল (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰩𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀮𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ပလလ (Burmese script)
• પલલ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਲਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌲𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦭꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂪𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಲಲ (Kannada script)
• បលល (Khmer script)
• ປລລ (Lao script)
• പലല (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᠯᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘩𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠯᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧉𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐮𑐮 (Newa script)
• ପଲଲ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢭꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆬𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖩𑖩 (Siddham script)
• පලල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩽𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚥𑚥 (Takri script)
• பலல (Tamil script)
• పలల (Telugu script)
• ปลล (Thai script)
• པ་ལ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒪𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨬𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Dravidian; compare Telugu పొలసు (polasu, “meat”). See also पल (pala, “meat, flesh”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.lɐ.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.l̪ɐ.l̪ɐ/

Noun

पलल • (palala) stem, n

1. flesh
2. ground sesame
3. a kind of sweetmeat made of ground sesame and sugar
4. mud, mire

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of पलल (palala)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पललम् palalam	पलले palale	पललानि / पलला¹ palalāni / palalā¹
Vocative	पलल palala	पलले palale	पललानि / पलला¹ palalāni / palalā¹
Accusative	पललम् palalam	पलले palale	पललानि / पलला¹ palalāni / palalā¹
Instrumental	पललेन palalena	पललाभ्याम् palalābhyām	पललैः / पललेभिः¹ palalaiḥ / palalebhiḥ¹
Dative	पललाय palalāya	पललाभ्याम् palalābhyām	पललेभ्यः palalebhyaḥ
Ablative	पललात् palalāt	पललाभ्याम् palalābhyām	पललेभ्यः palalebhyaḥ
Genitive	पललस्य palalasya	पललयोः palalayoḥ	पललानाम् palalānām
Locative	पलले palale	पललयोः palalayoḥ	पललेषु palaleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

पलल • (palala) stem, m

1. a rakshasa, a type of flesh-eating demon

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पलल (palala)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पललः palalaḥ	पललौ / पलला¹ palalau / palalā¹	पललाः / पललासः¹ palalāḥ / palalāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पलल palala	पललौ / पलला¹ palalau / palalā¹	पललाः / पललासः¹ palalāḥ / palalāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पललम् palalam	पललौ / पलला¹ palalau / palalā¹	पललान् palalān
Instrumental	पललेन palalena	पललाभ्याम् palalābhyām	पललैः / पललेभिः¹ palalaiḥ / palalebhiḥ¹
Dative	पललाय palalāya	पललाभ्याम् palalābhyām	पललेभ्यः palalebhyaḥ
Ablative	पललात् palalāt	पललाभ्याम् palalābhyām	पललेभ्यः palalebhyaḥ
Genitive	पललस्य palalasya	पललयोः palalayoḥ	पललानाम् palalānām
Locative	पलले palale	पललयोः palalayoḥ	पललेषु palaleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पलल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 609/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 308
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 231