bāle

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bale"

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑁂 (Brahmi script)
  • बाले (Devanagari script)
  • বালে (Bengali script)
  • බාලෙ (Sinhalese script)
  • ဗာလေ or ၿႃလေ (Burmese script)
  • พาเล (Thai script)
  • ᨻᩣᩃᩮ (Tai Tham script)
  • ພາເລ (Lao script)
  • ពាលេ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄝𑄂𑄣𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

bāle

  1. locative singular and accusative plural of bāla (“child, fool”)
    • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎, Colombo, 2009:
      8. පමාදං අප‍්පමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතො 28
      පඤ‍්ඤාපාසාදමාරුය‍්හ අසොකො සොකිනිං පජං
      පබ‍්බතට‍්ඨො’ව භුම‍්මට‍්ඨෙ ධීරො බාලෙ අවෙක‍්ඛති.
      8. Pamādaṃ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito 28
      Paññāpāsādamāruyha asoko sokiniṃ pajaṃ
      Pabbataṭṭho'va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati.
      8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
      having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
      as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below.
      (literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
      having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
      as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.      ”)
      (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)
  2. locative singular and accusative plural of bāla, an alternative form of vāla (“hair”)

Adjective

bāle

  1. inflection of bāla (“young, ignorant”):
    1. locative singular masculine/neuter
    2. accusative plural masculine
    3. vocative feminine singular
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