Prakrit
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit फाल (phāla).
Noun
𑀨𑀸𑀮 (phāla) (Devanagari फाल, Kannada ಫಾಲ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)
- (agriculture) ploughshare
Descendants
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: फाल (phāl), फाला (phālā), फार (phār), फारा (phārā)
- Urdu: پھال (phāl), پھالا (phālā), پھار (phār), پھارا (phārā)
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Assamese: ফাল (phal)
- Bengali: ফাল (phal)
- Odia: ଫାଳ (phāḷa), ଫାର (phāra)
- Bihari:
- Bhojpuri: फार (phār)
- Maithili: फार (phār), फारा (phārā)
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Bhadrawahi: फाल् (phāl)
- Jaunsari: फावा (phāvā), फाळा (phāḷā)
- Kumaoni: फालो (phālo), फाव् (phāw)
- Nepali: फालि (phāli)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਫਾਲਾ (phālā), ਫਾਲੀ (phālī)
- Shahmukhi script: پھالا (phālā), پھالِی (phālī)
- Sindhi:
- Arabic script: ڦارُ (phāru)
- Devanagari script: फारु (phāru)
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
References
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “फाल”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press