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बल
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See also: बळ
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit बल (bala). Cognate with Marathi बळ (baḷ).
Pronunciation
Noun
बल • (bal) m (Urdu spelling بل)
Declension
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “बल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Anagrams
- लब (lab)
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Marathi
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
बल • (bal) n
Declension
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Old Gujarati
Etymology
Noun
बल • (bala) n
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
बल n
- Devanagari script form of bala (“strength”)
Declension
Declension table of "बल" (neuter)
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- বল (Assamese script)
- ᬩᬮ (Balinese script)
- বল (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- ဗလ (Burmese script)
- બલ (Gujarati script)
- ਬਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌬𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦧꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂥𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಬಲ (Kannada script)
- ពល (Khmer script)
- ພລ (Lao script)
- ബല (Malayalam script)
- ᠪᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘤𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧄𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑐮 (Newa script)
- ବଲ (Odia script)
- ꢨꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖩 (Siddham script)
- බල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩲𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚠𑚥 (Takri script)
- ப³ல (Tamil script)
- బల (Telugu script)
- พล (Thai script)
- བ་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨠𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bálas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bálas, from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“power, strength”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βελτίων (beltíōn), Latin dē-bilis, Old Church Slavonic бол҄ии (bolʹii).
Noun
बल • (bálá) stem, n
- power, strength, might, vigour, force, validity
- force or power of articulation
- force considered as a sixth organ of action
- force personified as one of the विश्वेदेवाः (viśvedevāḥ)
- power of, expertness in (+locative)
- stoutness, bulkiness
- (in the plural, feminine) military force, troops, an army
- shape
- body
- penis
- gum
- blood
- young shoot
- bone
Declension
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Helu Prakrit:
- Sinhalese: බලය (balaya)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀮 (bala)
- Marathi: बळ (baḷ)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਬਲ (bala)
- Pali: bala
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀩𑀮 (bala)
- → Indonesian: bala
- → Irula: பல (pala)
- → Kannada: ಬಲ (bala)
- → Old Javanese: bala
- → Tamil: பலம் (palam)
- → Telugu: బలము (balamu)
- → Thai: พล (pon), พละ (pá-lá)
Adjective
बल • (balá) stem
Declension
- ¹Vedic
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
- ¹Vedic
Noun
बल • (bála) stem, m
- crow
- Crateva adansonii, ( <= Crataeva roxburghii)
- half-ripe barley
- name of a demon conquered by Indra
- name of an elder brother of Krishna
- name of a son of Varuna and brother of Sura
- name of an attendant on स्कन्द (skanda)
- name of a son of अङ्गिरस् (aṅgiras)
- name of a son of परिक्षित् (parikṣit)
- name of a son of परिजात्र (parijātra)
- name of a son of Krishna
- name of a lexicographer (also written वल (vala))
- name of a horse of the Moon
Declension
- ¹Vedic
Etymology 2
Variant of वल (valá).
Noun
बल • (balá) stem, n
Declension
- ¹Vedic
Synonyms
- वल (valá)
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