جال

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج و ل (j-w-l). Compare Hebrew גַּל (gal, wave, tide).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaː.la/ (verb)
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaːl/ (noun)

Verb

جَالَ • (jāla) I, non-past يَجُولُ‎ (yajūlu)

  1. to wander, to travel, to roam, to pass, to go around and through
    1. (of an idea, thought) to come to mind; to think
      مَا الَّذِي يَجُولُ فِي ذِهْنِكِ؟mā allaḏī yajūlu fī ḏihniki?What is on your mind?

Conjugation

Noun

جَال • (jāl) m (plural أَجْوَال (ʔajwāl))

  1. edge, (of well, valley, sea, etc), shore

Declension

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: جال (jāl, shore, beach)

Bulgar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yāĺ.

Noun

جال (cāl)

  1. (Volga Bulgar) year

Descendants

References

  • A Volga Bulgarıan Inscription From 1307 A. Róna-tas, page 162

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani جال / जाल (jāl), from Sanskrit जाल (jāla).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑːl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑːl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɔːl̥]

Readings
Dari reading? jāl

Noun

جال • (jāl) (Dari)

  1. net

Derived terms

Punjabi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit जाल (jāla). Compare Hindi जाल (jāl) and Urdu جال (jāl).

Noun

جاࣇ • (jāḷ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਾਲ or ਜਾਲ਼)

  1. net
  2. (figuratively) trap
    اوْہ آپݨے جال وِچّ ہی پَھسّ جاݨ گے۔
    oh āpṇe jāl vicc hī phass jāṇ ge.
    They will fall into their own trap.
    (literally, “They own trap in too stuck will be.”)
Declension
Declension of جال
dir. sg. جال (jāl)
dir. pl. جال (jāl)
singular plural
direct جال (jāl) جال (jāl)
oblique جال (jāl) جالاں (jālāṉ)
vocative جالا (jālā) جالو (jālo)
ablative جالوں (jāloṉ)
locative جالے (jāle) جالِیں (jālīṉ)
instrumental جالے (jāle) جالِیں (jālīṉ)

Etymology 2

Corrupted from یال.

Noun

جال • (jāl) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਾਲ)

  1. Alternative form of یال

References

  • جال”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جال”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit जाल (jāla). Cognate with Assamese জাল (zal), Punjabi ਜਾਲ਼ (jāḷ), Sinhalese දැල (dæla).

Pronunciation

Noun

جال • (jāl) m (Hindi spelling जाल)

  1. net
  2. (figuratively) trap, snare
  3. (rare) web, spider web
    Synonym: جالا (jālā)
  4. (computing, neologism) net, network, web

Declension

Declension of جال
singular plural
direct جال (jāl) جال (jāl)
oblique جال (jāl) جالوں (jālō̃)
vocative جال (jāl) جالو (jālō)

Descendants

References

  • جال”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • جال”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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