वाला
Hindi
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
वाला • (vālā) ?
- one (as in 'that one' or 'this one'; not the number)
Descendants
- → English: wallah
Pali
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- vālā (Latin script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ৰালা (Bengali script)
- වාලා (Sinhalese script)
- ဝါလာ or ဝႃလႃ (Burmese script)
- วาลา (Thai script)
- ᩅᩤᩃᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ວາລາ (Lao script)
- វាលា (Khmer script)
- 𑅇𑄂𑄣𑄂 (Chakma script)
Alternative scripts
Noun
वाला
- Devanagari script form of vālā, which is inflection of वाल:
- ablative singular
- nominative/vocative plural (vāla, “hair”)
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- vālā (Latin script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ৰালা (Bengali script)
- වාලා (Sinhalese script)
- ဝါလာ or ဝႃလႃ (Burmese script)
- วาลา (Thai script)
- ᩅᩤᩃᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ວາລາ (Lao script)
- វាលា (Khmer script)
- 𑅇𑄂𑄣𑄂 (Chakma script)
Adjective
वाला
- Devanagari script form of vālā, which is inflection of वाल:
- ablative singular masculine/neuter
- nominative/vocative plural (vāla, “malicious”)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱালা (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬵᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
- বালা (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰯𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဝါလာ (Burmese script)
- વાલા (Gujarati script)
- ਵਾਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌾𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂰𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ವಾಲಾ (Kannada script)
- វាលា (Khmer script)
- ວາລາ (Lao script)
- വാലാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠ᠊ᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘰𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧑𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐵𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଵାଲା (Odia script)
- ꢮꢵꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆳𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖯𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
- වාලා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩛𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚭𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
- வாலா (Tamil script)
- వాలా (Telugu script)
- วาลา (Thai script)
- ཝཱ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒰𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨊𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɑː.lɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɑː.l̪ɑː/
Noun
वाला • (vālā) stem, f
- coconut
- Pavonia odorata
- name of a yoginī
- a kind of jasmine
- śiphā
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वाला (vālā) | वाले (vāle) | वालाः (vālāḥ) |
| accusative | वालाम् (vālām) | वाले (vāle) | वालाः (vālāḥ) |
| instrumental | वालया (vālayā) वाला¹ (vālā¹) |
वालाभ्याम् (vālābhyām) | वालाभिः (vālābhiḥ) |
| dative | वालायै (vālāyai) | वालाभ्याम् (vālābhyām) | वालाभ्यः (vālābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वालायाः (vālāyāḥ) वालायै² (vālāyai²) |
वालाभ्याम् (vālābhyām) | वालाभ्यः (vālābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वालायाः (vālāyāḥ) वालायै² (vālāyai²) |
वालयोः (vālayoḥ) | वालानाम् (vālānām) |
| locative | वालायाम् (vālāyām) | वालयोः (vālayoḥ) | वालासु (vālāsu) |
| vocative | वाले (vāle) | वाले (vāle) | वालाः (vālāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वाला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 946.