वाला

See also: वेलू, वल, वली, वेला, वाले, -वाला, and -वाले

Hindi

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Pali

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vālā (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ৰালা (Bengali script)
• වාලා (Sinhalese script)
• ဝါလာ or ဝႃလႃ (Burmese script)
• วาลา (Thai script)
• ᩅᩤᩃᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ວາລາ (Lao script)
• វាលា (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄂𑄣𑄂 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• bālā (Latin script)
• 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• बाला (Devanagari script)
• বালা (Bengali script)
• බාලා (Sinhalese script)
• ဗာလာ or ၿႃလႃ (Burmese script)
• พาลา (Thai script)
• ᨻᩣᩃᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ພາລາ (Lao script)
• ពាលា (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄂𑄣𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

वाला

1. Devanagari script form of vālā, which is inflection of वाल:
   1. ablative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural (vāla, “hair”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vālā (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ৰালা (Bengali script)
• වාලා (Sinhalese script)
• ဝါလာ or ဝႃလႃ (Burmese script)
• วาลา (Thai script)
• ᩅᩤᩃᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ວາລາ (Lao script)
• វាលា (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄂𑄣𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adjective

वाला

1. Devanagari script form of vālā, which is inflection of वाल:
   1. ablative singular masculine/neuter
   2. nominative/vocative plural (vāla, “malicious”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱালা (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬵᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
• বালা (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰯𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဝါလာ (Burmese script)
• વાલા (Gujarati script)
• ਵਾਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌾𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂰𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ವಾಲಾ (Kannada script)
• វាលា (Khmer script)
• ວາລາ (Lao script)
• വാലാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘰𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧑𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐵𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଵାଲା (Odia script)
• ꢮꢵꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆳𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖯𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
• වාලා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩛𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚭𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
• வாலா (Tamil script)
• వాలా (Telugu script)
• วาลา (Thai script)
• ཝཱ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒰𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨊𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.lɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑː.l̪ɑː/

Noun

वाला • (vālā) stem, f

1. coconut
2. Pavonia odorata
3. name of a yoginī
4. a kind of jasmine
5. śiphā

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of वाला (vālā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वाला vālā	वाले vāle	वालाः vālāḥ
Vocative	वाले vāle	वाले vāle	वालाः vālāḥ
Accusative	वालाम् vālām	वाले vāle	वालाः vālāḥ
Instrumental	वालया / वाला¹ vālayā / vālā¹	वालाभ्याम् vālābhyām	वालाभिः vālābhiḥ
Dative	वालायै vālāyai	वालाभ्याम् vālābhyām	वालाभ्यः vālābhyaḥ
Ablative	वालायाः / वालायै² vālāyāḥ / vālāyai²	वालाभ्याम् vālābhyām	वालाभ्यः vālābhyaḥ
Genitive	वालायाः / वालायै² vālāyāḥ / vālāyai²	वालयोः vālayoḥ	वालानाम् vālānām
Locative	वालायाम् vālāyām	वालयोः vālayoḥ	वालासु vālāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वाला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 946.