Hindi

Noun

बाल • ‎(bāl) m ‎(Urdu spelling بال)

1. hair

   उसके बाल वायु में लहराते हैं।‎

   uske bāl vāyu mẽ lahrāte hain.

   His hair flows in the breeze.

   इस लड़की की बहुत लंबे-लंबे बाल है।‎

   is laṛkī kī bahut lambe-lambe bāl hai.

   This girl has very long hair.

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit बाल ‎(bāla).

Noun

बाल • ‎(bāl) m

1. child, boy

   See बच्चा ‎(baccā) for more information.

Usage notes

The second meaing of बाल ‎(bāl), "child", is mostly used in compound words.

Synonyms

• केश ‎(keś)

Derived terms

• बालकाल ‎(bāl-kāl, “childhood”)
• बालकोलि ‎(bāl-koli, “infantile fun, childish frolic”)
• बाल-बच्चे ‎(bāl-baccē, “children”)
• बाल-बुद्धि ‎(bāl-buddhi, “childishness, puerility”)
• बाल-वध ‎(bāl-vadh, “infanticide”)
• बाल-विधवा ‎(bāl-vidhvā, “child widow”)
• बाल-विवाह ‎(bāl-vivāh, “child marriage”)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “बाल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
• बाल in Chaturvedi, Mahendra and Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), A practical Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: National Publishing House)

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

बाल m

1. Thai script form of bāla

Adjective

बाल

1. Thai script form of bāla

Sanskrit

Noun

बाल • ‎(bāla) m

1. boy; child
2. fool, simpleton

Declension