खाल

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀔𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸 f (khallā), from Sanskrit खल्ल (khalla, “leather, leather garment”). Cognate with Punjabi ਖੱਲ (khalla), Nepali खालो (khālo), Gujarati ખાલ (khāl), and Marathi खाल (khāl).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʰɑːl/, [kʰäːl]

Noun

खाल • (khāl) f (Urdu spelling کھال)

skin, hide
a bellow

Declension

Declension of खाल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खाल khāl	खालें khālẽ
oblique	खाल khāl	खालों khālõ
vocative	खाल khāl	खालो khālo

Derived terms

खाल खींचना (khāl khī̃cnā, “to skin”)
भेड़ की खाल में भेड़िया (bheṛ kī khāl mẽ bheṛiyā, “a wolf in sheep's clothing”)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khalla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खाल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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