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