गल
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গল (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬮ (Balinese script)
- গল (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- ဂလ (Burmese script)
- ગલ (Gujarati script)
- ਗਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಗಲ (Kannada script)
- គល (Khmer script)
- ຄລ (Lao script)
- ഗല (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐮 (Newa script)
- ଗଲ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖩 (Siddham script)
- ගල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚥 (Takri script)
- க³ல (Tamil script)
- గల (Telugu script)
- คล (Thai script)
- ག་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”). Cognate with Latin gula (“throat”) (whence English gullet), Persian گلو (galu, “throat”), Russian глотка (glotka), Old Armenian կուլ- (kul-).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.lɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.l̪ɐ/
Noun
गल • (gala) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गलः (galaḥ) | गलौ (galau) | गलाः (galāḥ) |
| accusative | गलम् (galam) | गलौ (galau) | गलान् (galān) |
| instrumental | गलेन (galena) | गलाभ्याम् (galābhyām) | गलैः (galaiḥ) |
| dative | गलाय (galāya) | गलाभ्याम् (galābhyām) | गलेभ्यः (galebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गलात् (galāt) | गलाभ्याम् (galābhyām) | गलेभ्यः (galebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गलस्य (galasya) | गलयोः (galayoḥ) | गलानाम् (galānām) |
| locative | गले (gale) | गलयोः (galayoḥ) | गलेषु (galeṣu) |
| vocative | गल (gala) | गलौ (galau) | गलाः (galāḥ) |
Descendants
- Assamese: গল (gol)
- Bengali: গলা (gola)
- Gujarati: ગળું (gaḷũ)
- Hindi: गला (galā)
- Kannada: ಗಂಟಲು (gaṇṭalu)
- Konkani: गळो (gaḷô)
- Marathi: गळा (gaḷā)
- Punjabi: ਗਲ਼ਾ (gaḷā), ਗਲ਼ (gaḷa)
- Rohingya: gola
- Sylheti: ꠉꠟꠣ (gola)
- → Telugu: గళము (gaḷamu), గొంతు (gontu)
- Sindhi: गलो (galo)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “गल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 350.