लाल

See also: लाला and लोला

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /lɑːl/, [läːl]
• Rhymes: -ɑːl

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian لال (lāl). Compare Bengali লাল (lal), Gujarati લાલ (lāl), Marathi लाल (lāl), Odia ଲାଲ (lāla), Punjabi ਲਾਲ (lāl) / لال (lāl).

Adjective

लाल • (lāl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لَال)

1. red (color/colour)

Noun

लाल • (lāl) m (Urdu spelling لَال)

1. red (color/colour)

Declension

Declension of लाल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लाल lāl	लाल lāl
oblique	लाल lāl	लालों lālõ
vocative	लाल lāl	लालो lālo

See also

Colors in Hindi · रंग (raṅg) (layout · text)

सफ़ेद (safed), श्वेत (śvet)	धूसर (dhūsar), छाई (chāī)	काला (kālā), श्याम (śyām)
लाल (lāl), सुर्ख़ (surx); गहरा लाल (gahrā lāl), क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī)	नारंगी (nāraṅgī), माल्टा (mālṭā); भूरा (bhūrā)	पीला (pīlā); मलाई (malāī)
नींबू (nīmbū), सुगा पंछी (sugā pañchī)	हरा (harā)
फ़िरोज़ा (firozā)	आसमानी (āsmānī)	नीला (nīlā), नील (nīl)
जामुनी (jāmunī); नील (nīl)	रानी (rānī); बैंगनी (baiṅgnī), जामुनी (jāmunī)	गुलाबी (gulābī)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit लाल्य (lālya, “to be caressed”). Cognate with Old Awadhi लाल (lāla, “woman”).

Adjective

लाल • (lāl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لال)

1. dear, beloved, darling

Noun

लाल • (lāl) m (Urdu spelling لال)

1. (endearing) an infant boy, dear son

Proper noun

लाल • (lāl) m (Urdu spelling لال)

1. (Hinduism) dear son: a designation of Krishna
2. a male surname, Lal
3. a male given name, Lal

Declension

Declension of लाल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लाल lāl	लाल lāl
oblique	लाल lāl	लालों lālõ
vocative	लाल lāl	लालो lālo

Derived terms

• लाल बीबी (lāl bībī)
• लाल-बुझक्कड़ (lāl-bujhakkaṛ)

See also

• लाड़ (lāṛ)
• लाड़ला (lāṛlā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लाल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 893
• Platts, John T. (1884) “لال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 946

Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لال (lāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɑːl]

Adjective

लाल • (lāl) (Latin script lal, Kannada script ಲಾಲ್)

1. red (color/colour)

Noun

लाल • (lāl) (Latin script lal, Kannada script ಲಾಲ್)

1. red (color/colour)

See also

Colors in Konkani · रंग (raṅga) (layout · text)

धवो (dhavo); उजळ (ujaḷ); गोरो (goro); दुदाळ (dudāḷ)	खाकी (khākī)	काळो (kāḷo); काजळी (kājḷī); टेंबुरणी (ṭemburṇī)
तांबडो (tāmbḍo); लाल (lāl); रक्तवर्णी (raktavarṇī); अबिरी (abirī)	मातेरी (māterī); नारंगी (nāraṅgī); बदामी (badāmī)	अळदुवो (aḷduvo); गंदकी (gandkī)
पोपटी (popṭī)	पाच्वो (pācvo); काळंगी (kāḷaṅgī)	चंदनी (candnī)
फिरोजी (phirojī); आकाशी (ākāśī)		निळो (niḷo)
	जांबळो (jāmbḷo); द्राक्षाळ (drākṣāḷ)	गुलाबी (gulābī)

References

• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎^[1]

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لال (lāl). Compare Gujarati લાલ (lāl), Hindustani لَال (lāl) / लाल (lāl), Punjabi ਲਾਲ (lāl) / لال (lāl), Bengali লাল (lal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lal/

Adjective

लाल • (lāl)

1. red (color/colour)

Noun

लाल • (lāl) m

1. red (color/colour)

Derived terms

• लाली (lālī)
• लाल भोपळा (lāl bhopḷā)

See also

Colors in Marathi · रंग (raṅga) (layout · text)

पांढरा (pāṇḍhrā)	पारवा (pārvā), राखाडी (rākhāḍī)	काळा (kāḷā)
लाल (lāl), तांबडा (tāmbḍā); [Term?]	केशरी (keśrī), भगवा (bhagvā); तपकिरी (tapkirī)	पिवळा (pivḷā); [Term?]
पोपटी (popṭī)	हिरवा (hirvā)	[Term?]; [Term?]
[Term?]; आकाशी (ākāśī)	[Term?]	निळा (niḷā)
[Term?]; [Term?]	[Term?]; जांभळा (j̈āmbhaḷā)	गुलाबी (gulābī)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “लाल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “लाल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “लाल”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).