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ពាល

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See also: ពាល់, ពិល, and ពេល

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ពាល
bāl
WT romanisation piəl
(standard) IPA(key) /piəl/

Etymology 1

From Pali bāla (“young, ignorant”), from Sanskrit बाल (bāla, “young, foolish”).

Adjective

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

From Pali vāla (“malicious”), from Sanskrit व्याल (vyāla, “malicious”).

Adjective

ពាល • (piəl) (abstract noun ភាពពាល)

  1. to be evil, bad, wicked, mean
  2. to be delinquent

Noun

ពាល • (piəl)

  1. wicked person

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit बाल (bāla, “newly risen, waxing”).

Adjective

ពាល • (piəl) (abstract noun ភាពពាល)

  1. to be newly risen, early (as the sun)
  2. to be new, waxing (as the moon)
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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • bāla (Latin script)
  • 𑀩𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
  • बाल (Devanagari script)
  • বাল (Bengali script)
  • බාල (Sinhalese script)
  • ဗာလ or ၿႃလ (Burmese script)
  • พาล or พาละ (Thai script)
  • ᨻᩣᩃ (Tai Tham script)
  • ພາລ or ພາລະ (Lao script)
  • 𑄝𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

Noun

ពាល m

  1. Khmer script form of bāla (“child, fool”)
  2. Khmer script form of bāla (“hair”)

Declension

Declension table of "ពាល" (masculine)
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Adjective

ពាល

  1. Khmer script form of bāla (“young”)

Declension

Declension table of "ពាល" (masculine)
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Declension table of "ពាលា" (feminine)
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Declension table of "ពាល" (neuter)
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