لال

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? lāl
Dari reading? lāl
Iranian reading? lâl
Tajik reading? lol

Etymology 1

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Adjective

لال • (lâl)

  1. mute
  2. speechless
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: لال (lāl)
    > Turkish: lal (inherited)
  • → Armenian: լալ (lal)
  • → Azerbaijani: lal
  • → Uyghur: لال (lal)
  • → Uzbek: lol

Etymology 2

Of unknown origin.

Adjective

لال • (lâl)

  1. red
    Synonyms: سرخ (sorx), قرمزی (qermezi)
Descendants

Noun

لال • (lâl)

  1. a red gemstone, cornelian, garnet, spinel, tourmaline
Descendants
  • → Arabic: لَعْل (laʕl)
    • → Azerbaijani: ləl
    • → Persian: لعل (la'l)
    • → Kazakh: лағыл (lağyl)
    • → Kyrgyz: лаал (laal)
    • → Tajik: лаъл (la'l)
    • → Uzbek: laʼl
  • → Middle Armenian: լալ (lal), ղաղ (ġaġ)
  • → Baluchi: لال (lal)
  • → Georgian: ლალი (lali)
  • → Kashmiri:
    Arabic script: لال (lāl)
    Devanagari script: लाल् (lāl)
  • → Nepali: लाल् (lāl)
  • → Tibetan: ནལ་ (nal, “a ruby-like gem”)

References

  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 272

Punjabi

Adjective

لال • (lāl) (Gurmukhi spelling ਲਾਲ)

  1. red

See also

Colors in Punjabi · رَن٘گ (raṉg) (layout · text)
     چِٹّا (ciṭṭā), بَگّا (baggā)           کاࣇا (kāḷā)
             لال (lāl), رَتّا (rattā); سُوہا (sūhā)              مالٹا (mālṭā), نَارَنگِی (nārangī); بھُورا (bhūrā)              پِیلا (pīlā), کھَٹّا (khaṭṭā)
             نِمبُو (nimbū), پِستا (pistā), اَنگُوری (angūrī)              ساوا (sāvā), ہَرا (harā)             
             آسمانی (āsmānī)              آسمانی (āsmānī)              نِیلا (nīlā)
             جامنی (jāmnī), اُودا (ūdā)              بَینگی (baingī)              گُولابی (gūlābī)

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /lɑːl/
  • Audio (India):(file)

Adjective

لال • (lāl) (Hindi spelling लाल)

  1. red

Noun

لال • (lāl) m (Hindi spelling लाल)

  1. red color

Synonyms

See also

Colors in Urdu · رنگ (layout · text)
     سادہ (sādā), سفید (safed), اُجّر (ujjar)      سلیٹی (sleṭī), چھائی (chāī), دھوسر (dhūsar), سرمئی (surmaī)      کالا (kālā), سانولا (sā̃wlā)
             لال (lāl), سرخ (surx), راتا (rātā); مہرون (mehroon), سندوری (sindoorī) قرمزی (qirmizī)              اورنج (ŏrenj), نارنگی (narngī), کیسری (kesarī), گیروا (geruwā), بھگوا (bhagwa), زعفرانی (zafrānī); بھورا (bhūrā), کتھئی (katthaī), چوکلیٹی (cokleṭī), خاکی (xākī)              پیلا (pīlā), بسنتی (basantī), زرد (zard); گیہُواں (gehũā), بدامی (badāmī)
             لائم (lāim), انگوری (angūrī)              ہرا (harā), سُگَّا (suggā), سبز (sabz)              پودین ہرا (pūdīn harā); گاڑھا ہرا (gāṛhā harā)
             فیروزہ (fīroza)              لاجوردی (lājwardī)              نیلا (nīlā)
             بینگنی (baiganī), اودا (oodā)              رانی (rānī); جامنی (jāmunī)              گلابی (gulābī)

Uyghur

Etymology

From Persian لال (lâl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑl/

Adjective

لال • (lal)

  1. dumb, mute

Further reading

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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