लाल

See also: लाला and लोला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian لال‎ (lâl). Compare Punjabi ਲਾਲ (lāl) / لال‎ (lāl), Gujarati લાલ (lāl), Marathi लाल (lāl), Bengali লাল (lal).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /lɑːl/, [l̪äːl̪]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːl
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

लाल • (lāl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لَال‎)

  1. (colour) red

Noun

लाल • (lāl) m (Urdu spelling لَال‎)

  1. red color

Declension
Declension of लाल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct लाल
lāl		 लाल
lāl
oblique लाल
lāl		 लालों
lālõ
vocative लाल
lāl		 लालो
lālo

See also
Colors in Hindi · रंग (raṅg) (layout · text)
     सफ़ेद (safed), श्वेत (śvet)      धूसर (dhūsar), छाई (chāī)      काला (kālā), श्याम (śyām)
             लाल (lāl), सुर्ख़ (surx); गहरा लाल (gahrā lāl), क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī)              नारंगी (nāraṅgī), माल्टा (mālṭā); भूरा (bhūrā)              पीला (pīlā); मलाई (malāī)
             नींबू (nīmbū), सुगा पंछी (sugā pañchī)              हरा (harā)             
             आकाशी (ākāśī), आसमानी (āsmānī)              आसमानी (āsmānī)              नीला (nīlā), नील (nīl)
             जामुनी (jāmunī); नील (nīl)              रानी (rānī); बैंगनी (baiṅgnī), जामुनी (jāmunī)              गुलाबी (gulābī)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian لال‎ (lâl). Compare Gujarati લાલ (lāl), Hindustani لَال‎ / लाल (lāl), Punjabi ਲਾਲ (lāl) / لال‎ (lāl), Bengali লাল (lal).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lal/

Adjective

लाल • (lāl)

  1. red

Noun

लाल • (lāl) m

  1. red colour

Derived terms
  • लाली (lālī)
  • लाल भोपळा (lāl bhopḷā)

See also
Colors in Marathi · रंग (raṅga) (layout · text)
     पांढरा (pāṇḍhrā)      पारवा (pārvā), राखाडी (rākhāḍī)      काळा (kāḷā)
             लाल (lāl); [Term?]              केशरी (keśrī), भगवा (bhagvā); तपकिरी (tapkirī)              पिवळा (pivḷā); [Term?]
             पोपटी (popṭī)              हिरवा (hirvā)              [Term?]; [Term?]
             [Term?]; आकाशी (ākāśī)              [Term?]              निळा (niḷā)
             [Term?]; [Term?]              [Term?]; जांभळा (j̈āmbhaḷā)              गुलाबी (gulābī)

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “लाल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “लाल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “लाल”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.
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