bāla

See also: bala, bála, bală, bała, and bālā

Latvian

Adjective

bāla

  1. genitive singular masculine form of bāls
  2. nominative singular feminine form of bāls

Mandarin

Romanization

bāla (Zhuyin ㄅㄚ ˙ㄌㄚ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 扒拉
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疤瘌
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疤拉

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀩𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
  • बाल (Devanagari script)
  • বাল (Bengali script)
  • බාල (Sinhalese script)
  • ဗာလ or ၿႃလ (Burmese script)
  • พาล or พาละ (Thai script)
  • ᨻᩣᩃ (Tai Tham script)
  • ພາລ or ພາລະ (Lao script)
  • ពាល (Khmer script)
  • 𑄝𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

Noun

bāla m

  1. child
  2. fool
Declension
Declension table of "bāla" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)bālobālā
Accusative (second)bālaṃbāle
Instrumental (third)bālenabālehi or bālebhi
Dative (fourth)bālassa or bālāya or bālatthaṃbālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)bālasmā or bālamhā or bālābālehi or bālebhi
Genitive (sixth)bālassabālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)bālasmiṃ or bālamhi or bālebālesu
Vocative (calling)bālabālā

Adjective

bāla

  1. young
  2. ignorant
  3. foolish
  4. newly-risen (of the sun)
Declension
Declension table of "bāla" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)bālobālā
Accusative (second)bālaṃbāle
Instrumental (third)bālenabālehi or bālebhi
Dative (fourth)bālassa or bālāya or bālatthaṃbālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)bālasmā or bālamhā or bālābālehi or bālebhi
Genitive (sixth)bālassabālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)bālasmiṃ or bālamhi or bālebālesu
Vocative (calling)bālabālā
Declension table of "bālā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)bālābālāyo or bālā
Accusative (second)bālaṃbālāyo or bālā
Instrumental (third)bālāyabālāhi or bālābhi
Dative (fourth)bālāyabālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)bālāyabālāhi or bālābhi
Genitive (sixth)bālāyabālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)bālāya or bālāyaṃbālāsu
Vocative (calling)bālebālāyo or bālā
Declension table of "bāla" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)bālaṃbālāni
Accusative (second)bālaṃbālāni
Instrumental (third)bālenabālehi or bālebhi
Dative (fourth)bālassa or bālāya or bālatthaṃbālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)bālasmā or bālamhā or bālābālehi or bālebhi
Genitive (sixth)bālassabālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)bālasmiṃ or bālamhi or bālebālesu
Vocative (calling)bālabālāni
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Khmer: ពាល (piəl)
  • → Thai: พาล (paan)

Etymology 2

Byform of vāla (“hair”). The same occasional development is also seen in the byform Sanskrit बाल (bāla) of Sanskrit वाल (vāla, “hair”).

Noun

bāla m

  1. Alternative form of vāla (“hair”)
Declension
Declension table of "bāla" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)bālobālā
Accusative (second)bālaṃbāle
Instrumental (third)bālenabālehi or bālebhi
Dative (fourth)bālassa or bālāya or bālatthaṃbālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)bālasmā or bālamhā or bālābālehi or bālebhi
Genitive (sixth)bālassabālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)bālasmiṃ or bālamhi or bālebālesu
Vocative (calling)bālabālā
Descendants
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