प्रवाल

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• प्रवाड (pravāḍa), प्रबाल (prabāla)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰৱাল (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬯᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
• প্রবাল (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰪𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀯𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ပြဝါလ (Burmese script)
• પ્રવાલ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਵਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦮꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂫𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರವಾಲ (Kannada script)
• ប្រវាល (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣວາລ (Lao script)
• പ്രവാല (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘪𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᠸᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧊𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐰𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରଵାଲ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢮꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆮𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖪𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රවාල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩾𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚦𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
• ப்ரவால (Tamil script)
• ప్రవాల (Telugu script)
• ปฺรวาล (Thai script)
• པྲ་ཝཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒫𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨭𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *pawaẓ.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.ʋɑː.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐˈʋɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

प्रवाल • (pravāla) stem, ?

1. coral
2. sprout

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “प्रबालः,+प्रवालः,+प्रबालम्,+प्रवालम्”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रवाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.