धवल

Sanskrit

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धवल • (dhavalá) stem

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀯𑀮 (dhavala)

Western:
- Punjabi: ਧੌਲਾ (dhaulā, “white”)
  - Lahnda: دھولؕ (dhôḷa)
- Sindhi:
  Devanagari script: धउँरो (dhaũro)
  
  Arabic script: ڌَونرو (dhaũro)
Northern:
- Kumaoni: धौलो (“white”)
Eastern:
- Assamese: ধল (dhol), ধলা (dhola)
- Bengali: ধল (dhol), ধলা (dhola)
- Bihari: धौर (dhaur)
- Odia: ଧଳା (dhôḷa)
Central:
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: धौर (dhaur, “white pigeon”), धौला (dhaulā), धौरा (dhaurā), धोरा (dhorā)
  
  Urdu: دھَور (dhaur, “white pigeon”), دھَولَا (dhaulā), دھَورَ (dhaura), دھورَا (dhorā)
- Old Gujarati:
  - Gujarati: ધૌળું (dhauḷũ)
Southern:
- Marathi: धवळ (dhavaḷ), धवळाइ (dhavḷāi)
- Dhivehi: ދަވަޅު (davaḷu, “beautiful, pretty”)
- Sinhalese: දවලු (dawalu)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀯𑀮𑀇 (dhavalaï)

Western:
- Sindhi: ڌَونرَايڻُ (dhaũrāiṇu, “to whiten”)
Eastern:
- Assamese: ধাৱলী (dhawoli, “to whitewash”)
- Odia: ଧାଲିବା (dhaliba, “to whitewash”)
Central:
- Gujarati: ધૌળવું (dhauḷvũ)

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