Khmer edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ពាល
bāl
WT romanisation piəl
(standard) IPA(key) /piəl/

Etymology 1 edit

From Pali bāla (young, ignorant), from Sanskrit बाल (bāla, young, foolish).

Adjective edit

ពាល (piəl) (abstract noun ភាពពាល)

  1. to be young, soft, tender
  2. to be immature
  3. to be ignorant
  4. to be foolish, silly, brash

Etymology 2 edit

From Pali vāla (malicious), from Sanskrit व्याल (vyāla, malicious).

Adjective edit

ពាល (piəl) (abstract noun ភាពពាល)

  1. to be evil, bad, wicked, mean
  2. to be delinquent

Noun edit

ពាល (piəl)

  1. wicked person

Etymology 3 edit

From Sanskrit बाल (bāla, newly risen, waxing).

Adjective edit

ពាល (piəl) (abstract noun ភាពពាល)

  1. to be newly risen, early (as the sun)
  2. to be new, waxing (as the moon)

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

ពាល m

  1. Khmer script form of bāla (child, fool)
  2. Khmer script form of bāla (hair)

Declension edit

Adjective edit

ពាល

  1. Khmer script form of bāla (young)

Declension edit