भाल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভাল (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
• ভাল (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ဘာလ (Burmese script)
• ભાલ (Gujarati script)
• ਭਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಾಲ (Kannada script)
• ភាល (Khmer script)
• ຠາລ (Lao script)
• ഭാല (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଭାଲ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
• භාල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
• ப⁴ால (Tamil script)
• భాల (Telugu script)
• ภาล (Thai script)
• བྷཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”), Latin flavus (“yellow”), Russian бе́лый (bélyj), Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”), Old English bǣl (whence English bald). Related to भर्ग (bhárga).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɑː.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

भाल • (bhāla) stem, n

1. the forehead, brow
2. splendour, lustre

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of भाल (bhāla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भालम् bhālam	भाले bhāle	भालानि / भाला¹ bhālāni / bhālā¹
Vocative	भाल bhāla	भाले bhāle	भालानि / भाला¹ bhālāni / bhālā¹
Accusative	भालम् bhālam	भाले bhāle	भालानि / भाला¹ bhālāni / bhālā¹
Instrumental	भालेन bhālena	भालाभ्याम् bhālābhyām	भालैः / भालेभिः¹ bhālaiḥ / bhālebhiḥ¹
Dative	भालाय bhālāya	भालाभ्याम् bhālābhyām	भालेभ्यः bhālebhyaḥ
Ablative	भालात् bhālāt	भालाभ्याम् bhālābhyām	भालेभ्यः bhālebhyaḥ
Genitive	भालस्य bhālasya	भालयोः bhālayoḥ	भालानाम् bhālānām
Locative	भाले bhāle	भालयोः bhālayoḥ	भालेषु bhāleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: भाल (bhāl)
• → Marathi: भाळ (bhāḷ)
• → Tamil: பாலம் (pālam)