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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰwal-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰwal-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwel- (to lie, deceive, bend); cognate with Ancient Greek φῆλος (phêlos, deceitful), Proto-Slavic *zъlъ, Avestan 𐬰𐬎𐬭𐬀𐬵 (zurah, injustice), Lithuanian žulas (rough), Latvian zveļu (to turn aside).

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ह्वल् (hval) 1P

  1. to go crookedly, astray, wrong or deviously; to stumble, fall, fail
  2. to cause to tremble, shake

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