دال

See also: ذال

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daːl/

Noun

دَال • (dālf (plural دَالَات (dālāt))

  1. dalet; dal, name of the eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet (د (d)), representing the sound /d/

Declension

Declension of noun دَال (dāl)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal دَال
dāl
الدَّال
ad-dāl
دَال
dāl
nominative دَالٌ
dālun
الدَّالُ
ad-dālu
دَالُ
dālu
accusative دَالًا
dālan
الدَّالَ
ad-dāla
دَالَ
dāla
genitive دَالٍ
dālin
الدَّالِ
ad-dāli
دَالِ
dāli
dual indefinite definite construct
informal دَالَيْن
dālayn
الدَّالَيْن
ad-dālayn
دَالَيْ
dālay
nominative دَالَانِ
dālāni
الدَّالَانِ
ad-dālāni
دَالَا
dālā
accusative دَالَيْنِ
dālayni
الدَّالَيْنِ
ad-dālayni
دَالَيْ
dālay
genitive دَالَيْنِ
dālayni
الدَّالَيْنِ
ad-dālayni
دَالَيْ
dālay
plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal دَالَات
dālāt
الدَّالَات
ad-dālāt
دَالَات
dālāt
nominative دَالَاتٌ
dālātun
الدَّالَاتُ
ad-dālātu
دَالَاتُ
dālātu
accusative دَالَاتٍ
dālātin
الدَّالَاتِ
ad-dālāti
دَالَاتِ
dālāti
genitive دَالَاتٍ
dālātin
الدَّالَاتِ
ad-dālāti
دَالَاتِ
dālāti

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: dal
  • Classical Persian: دَال (dāl)
  • Uzbek: dol

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Adjective

دال • (dal)

  1. naked
    1. not covered by clothing, bare
    2. without any decorations, blunt
Derived terms
  • دال ایلمك (dal eylemek, to bend)
  • دال قلمق (dal qılmaq, to bend)
  • دالیراق (dalyaraq)
Descendants

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “dal”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 183
  • Tietze, Andreas (2009) “dal III”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume II, Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 289
  • Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “dal”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

دال • (dal) (definite accusative دالی (dalı), plural داللر (dallar))

  1. alternative spelling of طال (dal, ṭal, branch)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

دال • (dal)

  1. second-person imperative of دالمق (dalmaq, to dive)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish طال (dal), from Proto-Turkic *tāl (branch).

Noun

دال • (dal) (definite accusative دالی (dalı), plural داللر (dallar))

  1. (botany) any ramification, such as a branch, bough, twig or spray
    Synonyms: بوداق (budak), شاخ (şah), غصن (ğasn)

Derived terms

  • دال بوداق صالمق (dal budak salmak, to shoot out branches)
  • داللانمق (dallanmak, to become a branch)
  • داللو (dallı, branched)
  • داللوجه (dallıca, somewhat branched)
  • یر دالده طورمز (yer dalda durmaz, fickle, unstable)

Descendants

Further reading

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dālī), from Sanskrit दाल (dāla), itself from दलति (dalati, he splits); see दॄ (dṝ, to tear, divide, split). Cognate with Marathi डाळ (ḍāḷ).

Pronunciation

  • (phr) IPA(key): /d̪ɑːl/

Noun

دال (dālf

  1. lentil, dal
  2. bean

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? dāl
Dari reading? dāl
Iranian reading? dâl
Tajik reading? dol

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian d'lmn (/⁠dālman⁠/, eagle, lammergeyer). Cognate with Southern Luri دال (dâl, eagle), from the same root.

Noun

Dari دال
Iranian Persian
Tajik дол

دال • (dâl)

  1. (modern) vulture
    دال معمولیdâl-e ma'muliEurasian griffon vulture
  2. (loosely) eagle, bird of prey
    • mid-1300s, Khwājū-yi Kirmānī, “Ghazal 231”, in دیوان خواجوی کرمانی[6]:
      چنان مرغ دلم در قیدت افتاد
      که کبکان دری در چنگ دالان
      čunān murġ-i dil-am dar qayd-at uftād
      ki kabkān-i darī dar čang-i dālān
      The bird of my heart has fallen into your clutches
      Like the valley partridges in the eagles' claws.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Urdu دال / Hindi दाल (dāl), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dālī), from Sanskrit दाल (dāla), itself from दलति (dalati, he splits); see दॄ (dṝ, to tear, divide, split). Likely via Mughal Persian.

Noun

Dari دال
Iranian Persian عدس
Tajik наск

دال • (dāl)

  1. lentil, dal

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic دال (dāl).

Proper noun

دال • (dâl)

  1. name of the letter د

See also

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀮𑀻 (dālī), from Sanskrit दाल (dāla), itself from दलति (dalati, he splits); see दॄ (dṝ, to tear, divide, split). Cognate with Marathi डाळ (ḍāḷ).

Pronunciation

Noun

دال • (dālf (Hindi spelling दाल)

  1. lentil, dal
  2. bean

Ushojo

Noun

دال (dāl)

  1. ash