पटल

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पटल (paṭala).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pə.ʈəl/, [pə.ʈəl̪]

पटल • (paṭal) m (Urdu spelling پٹل‎)

1. roof, thatch
2. covering, screen, veil
3. a cataract (of the eye)
4. a basket
5. heap, mass, amount
6. a sandalwood mark on the forehead

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “पटल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “पटल”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ʈɐ.lɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.ʈɐ.l̪ɐ/

पटल • (paṭala) m

1. a tree or a stalk

पटल • (paṭala) n

1. a roof, thatch
2. a veil, cover
3. a basket, chest, box
4. a heap, mass, multitude
5. a chip, piece, portion
6. a section or chapter of a book
7. train, retinue
8. a (sectarian or ornamental) mark on the forehead or other parts of the body with sandalwood

पटल • (paṭala) m or n

1. an enclosing or surrounding skin or membrane (especially of the eyes), cataract

• Monier Williams (1899), “पटल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 579, column 1.