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وال
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Arabic
Etymology 1
Derived from the active participle of وَلِيَ (waliya, “to administer, to govern”).
Pronunciation
Noun
وَالٍ • (wālin) m (construct state وَالِي (wālī), plural وُلَاة (wulāh))
Declension
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
وَالِ • (wāli) (form III) /waː.li/
- second-person masculine singular imperative of وَالَى (wālā)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “وال”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
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Persian
Alternative forms
- اوال (avâl), افال (afâl) (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)káras, from Proto-Iranian *(s)káras, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos. Compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀 (kara, “kind of fish”). Distant cognate with English whale.
Noun
وال • (vâl) (plural والها (vâl-hâ))
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: وال (val)
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vā́la). Cognate with Gujarati વાળ (vāḷ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ʋäːɭᵊ/
Noun
واࣇ • (vāḷ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਾਲ਼ or ਵਾਲ)
Declension
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “وال”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “وال”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vā́la”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 674
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Saraiki
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
وال (vāl) m
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