फाल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ফাল (Assamese script)
ᬨᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
ফাল (Bengali script)
𑰣𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀨𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
ဖာလ (Burmese script)
ફાલ (Gujarati script)
ਫਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌫𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
ꦦꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
𑂤𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
ಫಾಲ (Kannada script)
ផាល (Khmer script)
ຜາລ (Lao script)
ഫാല (Malayalam script)
ᡦᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘣𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
ᠹᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧃𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
𑐦𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
ଫାଲ (Odia script)
ꢧꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
𑆦𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
𑖣𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
ඵාල (Sinhalese script)
𑩱𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
𑚟𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
ப²ால (Tamil script)
ఫాల (Telugu script)
ผาล (Thai script)
ཕཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
𑒤𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
𑨟𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

May be borrowed from the BMAC substrate. Compare Persian . (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pʰɑ́ː.lɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pʰɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

फाल • (phāla) stem, m

ploughshare, mattock

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of फाल
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	फालः (phālaḥ)	फालौ (phālau) फाला¹ (phālā¹)	फालाः (phālāḥ) फालासः¹ (phālāsaḥ¹)
accusative	फालम् (phālam)	फालौ (phālau) फाला¹ (phālā¹)	फालान् (phālān)
instrumental	फालेन (phālena)	फालाभ्याम् (phālābhyām)	फालैः (phālaiḥ) फालेभिः¹ (phālebhiḥ¹)
dative	फालाय (phālāya)	फालाभ्याम् (phālābhyām)	फालेभ्यः (phālebhyaḥ)
ablative	फालात् (phālāt)	फालाभ्याम् (phālābhyām)	फालेभ्यः (phālebhyaḥ)
genitive	फालस्य (phālasya)	फालयोः (phālayoḥ)	फालानाम् (phālānām)
locative	फाले (phāle)	फालयोः (phālayoḥ)	फालेषु (phāleṣu)
vocative	फाल (phāla)	फालौ (phālau) फाला¹ (phālā¹)	फालाः (phālāḥ) फालासः¹ (phālāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: phāla
- → Khmer: ផាល (phaal)
Prakrit: 𑀨𑀸𑀮 (phāla) (see there for further descendants)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “phāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press