hiimaál

Phalura

Etymology

From Sanskrit *हिमचल (himacala, “avalanche”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiimaál, himaál/

Noun

hiimaál f (Perso-Arabic spelling ہِیمال)

1. glacier, packed snow
2. avalanche

Inflection

i-decl (Obl, pl): hiimeelí

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hiimaál”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press