अल
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অল (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬮ (Balinese script)
- অল (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- အလ (Burmese script)
- અલ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಲ (Kannada script)
- អល (Khmer script)
- ອລ (Lao script)
- അല (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐮 (Newa script)
- ଅଲ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖩 (Siddham script)
- අල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚥 (Takri script)
- அல (Tamil script)
- అల (Telugu script)
- อล (Thai script)
- ཨ་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably developed from earlier *ऋद् (*ṛd) with vriddhi, apocope and lambdacism, and cognate with Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, “arrowhead, spike”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.l̪ɐ/
Noun
अल • (ala) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अलम् (alam) | अले (ale) | अलानि (alāni) अला¹ (alā¹) |
| accusative | अलम् (alam) | अले (ale) | अलानि (alāni) अला¹ (alā¹) |
| instrumental | अलेन (alena) | अलाभ्याम् (alābhyām) | अलैः (alaiḥ) अलेभिः¹ (alebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अलाय (alāya) | अलाभ्याम् (alābhyām) | अलेभ्यः (alebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अलात् (alāt) | अलाभ्याम् (alābhyām) | अलेभ्यः (alebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अलस्य (alasya) | अलयोः (alayoḥ) | अलानाम् (alānām) |
| locative | अले (ale) | अलयोः (alayoḥ) | अलेषु (aleṣu) |
| vocative | अल (ala) | अले (ale) | अलानि (alāni) अला¹ (alā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 16
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “अल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 93.
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अल”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016