𑀲𑀸𑀮

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्याल (syāla).

Noun

𑀲𑀸𑀮 (sāla) m (Devanagari साल)

1. brother-in-law, sister-in-law's brother

Descendants

• Central:
  • Awadhi: सार (sār)
  • Hindustani: sālā
    • Hindi: साला
    • Urdu: سالا
  • Romani: salo
• Eastern:
  • Assamese: শাল (xal)
  • Bengali: শালা (śala), শালি (śali), হালি (hali)
  • Bihari:
    • Bhojpuri: सार (sār)
    • Maithili: सार (sār)
  • Odia: ସାଳା (sāḷā), ସାଳି (sāḷi)
• Northern:
  • Central Pahari:
    • Kumaoni: शौ (śau), शई (śaī)
  • Eastern Pahari:
    • Nepali: सालो (sālo), सालि (sāli), साला (sālā)
  • Western Pahari:
    • Bhadrawahi: साइ (sāi), सालाभै (sālābhai)
• Northwestern:
  • Punjabi: sālā

    Gurmukhi script: ਸਾਲਾ

    Shahmukhi script: سالا

  • Sindhi: sālo, sālī

    Arabic script: سالو, سالِی

    Devanagari script: सालो, साली

• Southern:
  • Marathi: साळा (sāḷā), साळी (sāḷī)
• Western:
  • Gujarati: સાળો (sāḷo), સાળી (sāḷī)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T. (1928) “साल”, in pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Calcutta: Self-published.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press