करवाल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

কৰৱাল (Assamese script)
ᬓᬭᬯᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
করবাল (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰨𑰪𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀭𑀯𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
ကရဝါလ (Burmese script)
કરવાલ (Gujarati script)
ਕਰਵਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦫꦮꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂩𑂫𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
ಕರವಾಲ (Kannada script)
ករវាល (Khmer script)
ກຣວາລ (Lao script)
കരവാല (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠᡵᠠᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘨𑘪𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᠷᠠᠸᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧈𑧊𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐬𑐰𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
କରଵାଲ (Odia script)
ꢒꢬꢮꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆫𑆮𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖨𑖪𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
කරවාල (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩼𑩾𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚤𑚦𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
கரவால (Tamil script)
కరవాల (Telugu script)
กรวาล (Thai script)
ཀ་ར་ཝཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒩𑒫𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨫𑨭𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Latter part borrowed from South Dravidian I; compare Malayalam വാൾ (vāḷ), Tamil வாள் (vāḷ). Mayrhofer considers a borrowing from Dravidian கைவாள் (kaivāḷ, “short sword”), with the similar-sounding and meaning कर (kara, “doer; hand”) substituting for the Dravidian கை (kai, “hand”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐ.ʋɑː.lɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈʋɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

करवाल • (karavāla) stem, ?

sword
Synonym: रिष्टि (riṣṭi)
finger-nail

References

Monier Williams (1899) “करवाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.

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