بال

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baː.la/
    • (Central Asia) IPA(key): /boːl/[1]

Etymology 1

Found in dictionaries as if from the root ب و ل (b-w-l), but actually not relatable to any root. It is explained as reanalysis of بَاءَ لِي (bāʔa lī, it has come upon me); predating Arabic literature by a millennium at least since there is Biblical Aramaic בָּל (bāl, mind, heed).

Noun

بَال (bāl) m

  1. mind, state
  2. attention, mindfulness, heed
Declension
Derived terms
  • مَا بَال (mā bāl)

Etymology 2

From the root ب و ل (b-w-l) related to urine.

Verb

بَالَ (bāla) I, non-past يَبُولُ‎ (yabūlu)

  1. to urinate
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Maltese: biel

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

بَالِ (bāli) (form III)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of بَالَى (bālā)

References

  1. Cowan, W. (1960). Arabic evidence for Proto-Semitic*/awa/and*/ō. Language, 60-62.
  • bl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Bauer, Hans (1935), “Etymologica I”, in Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volume 10, page 1
  • Freytag, Georg (1830), بال”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 174
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), بال”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 180
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), بال”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), بال”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 124

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu بال (bāl), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑl/

Noun

بال (bāl) m (Standard Gujarati બાલ) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. hair
    Synonym: વાળ (vāḷ) (Standard Gujarati)

Khalaj

Noun

بال (bâl) (definite accusative بالؽ, plural باللار)

  1. Arabic spelling of bâl (wing)

Declension

Kohistani Shina

Etymology

Inherited from Shina بال (bál), Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /báːl/

Noun

باٗل (baál) m

  1. child

Moroccan Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːl/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Root
ب و ل
2 terms

From Arabic بَالَ (bāla).

Verb

بال (bāl) (form I, non-past يبول (ybūl))

  1. to urinate
Conjugation
    Conjugation of بال
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بلت (bult) بلتي (bulti) بال (bāl) بلنا (bulna) بلتوا (bultu) بالوا (bālu)
f بالت (bālet)
non-past m نبول (nbūl) تبول (tbūl) يبول (ybūl) نبولوا (nbūlu) تبولوا (tbūlu) يبولوا (ybūlu)
f تبولي (tbūli) تبول (tbūl)
imperative m بول (būl) بولوا (būlu)
f بولي (būli)

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَال (bāl).

Noun

بال (bāl) m

  1. mind, state

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bạl.

Noun

بال (bal)

  1. honey
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَال (bāl).

Noun

بال (bal)

  1. mind; condition

Etymology 3

From Persian بال (bâl).

Noun

بال (bal)

  1. (poetic) wing
    Synonym: قنات (kanat)

References

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian b’lk’ (bālag, wing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɒːl/

Noun

Dari بال
Iranian Persian
Tajik бол (bol)

بال (bâl)

  1. wing

Descendants

Shina

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /báːl/

Noun

بال (baál) m

  1. boy, child

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب و ل

Etymology

From Arabic بَال (bāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːl/, [bæːl]
  • (file)

Noun

بال (bāl) m

  1. mind
    طوّل بالك.
    ṭawwel bālak
    Be patient.
    (literally, “Lengthen your mind.”)
    (file)
    دير بالك.
    dīr bālak
    Be careful.
    (literally, “Direct your mind.”)
    (file)
    دير بالك على إمّك.
    dīr bālak ʕala ʕimmak
    Take care of your mother.

Derived terms

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla).

Noun

بال (bāl) m (Hindi spelling बाल)

  1. hair
Descendants
  • Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati: بال (bāl)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

Noun

بال (bāl) m (Hindi spelling बाल)

  1. (chiefly in compounds) child
    Synonym: بچہ (baccā)
  2. young boy
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian بال (bâl).

Noun

بال (bāl) m (Hindi spelling बाल)

  1. feather
  2. wing
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