دال

See also: ذال

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daːl/

Noun

دَال • (dāl) f (plural دَالَات (dālāt))

  1. dalet; dal, name of the eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet (د (d)), representing the sound /d/

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

دال

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *dal (branch); cognate with Azerbaijani dal, Kazakh тал (tal), Kyrgyz тал (tal), Tatar тал (tal), Turkmen tal, Uzbek tɔl and Yakut талах (talaq).

Noun

دال • (dal)

  1. (botany) any ramification, such as a branch, bough, twig or spray
    Synonyms: بوداق (budak), شاخ (şah), غصن (ğasn)

Derived terms

  • داللانمق (dallanmak, to become a branch)
  • داللو (dallı, dallu, branched)
  • داللوجه (dallica, somewhat branched)

Descendants

  • Turkish: dal
  • Armenian: տալ (tal)

Further reading

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? dāl
Dari reading? dāl
Iranian reading? dâl
Tajik reading? dol

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian d'lmn (/⁠dālman⁠/, eagle, lammergeyer). Cognate with Southern Luri دال (dâl, eagle), from the same root.

Noun

Dari دال
Iranian Persian
Tajik дол

دال • (dâl)

  1. eagle
  2. vulture
    دال معمولی
    dâl-e ma'muli
    the Eurasian griffon vulture
  3. bird of prey

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Urdu دال / Hindi दाल (dāl), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dālī), from Sanskrit दाल (dāla), itself from दलति (dalati, he splits); see दॄ (dṝ, to tear, divide, split). Likely via Mughal Persian.

Noun

Dari دال
Iranian Persian عدس
Tajik наск

دال • (dāl)

  1. lentil, dal

Etymology 3

Arabic دال (dāl).

Proper noun

دال • (dâl)

  1. name of the letter د
See also

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dālī), from Sanskrit दाल (dāla), itself from दलति (dalati, he splits); see दॄ (dṝ, to tear, divide, split). Cognate with Marathi डाळ (ḍāḷ).

Pronunciation

Noun

دال • (dāl) f (Hindi spelling दाल)

  1. lentil, dal
  2. bean

Ushojo

Noun

دال (dāl)

  1. ash
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