Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

व्याल (vyāla) stem?

  1. A vicious elephant
  2. A beast of prey
  3. snake
  4. tiger
  5. leopard
  6. king
  7. cheat rogue
  8. N of Viṣṇu

Descendants edit

  • Hindi: व्याल (vyāl)
  • Malayalam: വ്യാളം (vyāḷaṁ)

References edit

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “व्याल”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]