नाल

See also: नाळ

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /nɑːl/, [näːl]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit नाडी (nāḍī), ultimately from a Dravidian language such as Tamil நாணல் (nāṇal), Kannada ನಳ್ಳು (naḷḷu, “reed”).

Noun

नाल • (nāl) f (Urdu spelling نال)

  1. tube, pipe
  2. stalk, stem
Declension
Declension of नाल (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct नाल
nāl		 नालें
nālẽ
oblique नाल
nāl		 नालों
nālõ
vocative नाल
nāl		 नालो
nālo
Descendants
  • → Persian: نال (nâl)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “नाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0530.
  • R. E. Asher, Vadasery Iyemperumal Subramoniam (1971): Proceedings, Volume 1

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَعْل (na'l).

Noun

नाल • (nāl) m (Urdu spelling نعل)

  1. horseshoe
Declension
Declension of नाल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct नाल
nāl		 नाल
nāl
oblique नाल
nāl		 नालों
nālõ
vocative नाल
nāl		 नालो
nālo

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