लाल

See also: लाला and लोला

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /lɑːl/, [läːl]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːl
  • Audio(file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian لال (lāl). Compare Bengali লাল (lal), Gujarati લાલ (lāl), Marathi लाल (lāl), Odia ଲାଲ (lalô), Punjabi ਲਾਲ (lāl) / لال (lāl).

Adjective

लाल • (lāl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لَال)

  1. red (color/colour)

Noun

लाल • (lāl) m (Urdu spelling لَال)

  1. red (color/colour)
Declension
Declension of लाल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct लाल
lāl		 लाल
lāl
oblique लाल
lāl		 लालों
lālõ
vocative लाल
lāl		 लालो
lālo

See also
Colors in Hindi · रंग (raṅg) (layout · text)
     सफ़ेद (safed), श्वेत (śvet)      धूसर (dhūsar), छाई (chāī)      काला (kālā), श्याम (śyām)
             लाल (lāl), सुर्ख़ (surx); गहरा लाल (gahrā lāl), क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī)              नारंगी (nāraṅgī), माल्टा (mālṭā); भूरा (bhūrā)              पीला (pīlā); मलाई (malāī)
             नींबू (nīmbū), सुगा पंछी (sugā pañchī)              हरा (harā)             
             फ़िरोज़ी (firozī)              आसमानी (āsmānī)              नीला (nīlā), नील (nīl)
             जामुनी (jāmunī); नील (nīl)              रानी (rānī); बैंगनी (baiṅgnī), जामुनी (jāmunī)              गुलाबी (gulābī)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit लाल्य (lālya, “to be caressed”). Cognate with Old Awadhi लाल (lāla, “woman”).

Adjective

लाल • (lāl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لال)

  1. dear, beloved, darling

Noun

लाल • (lāl) m (Urdu spelling لال)

  1. (endearing) an infant boy, dear son

Proper noun

लाल • (lāl) m (Urdu spelling لال)

  1. (Hinduism) dear son: a designation of Krishna
  2. a male surname, Lal
  3. a male given name, Lal
Declension
Declension of लाल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct लाल
lāl		 लाल
lāl
oblique लाल
lāl		 लालों
lālõ
vocative लाल
lāl		 लालो
lālo
Derived terms
See also

Further reading

References

Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لال (lāl).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [lɑːl]

Adjective

लाल • (lāl) (Latin script lal, Kannada script ಲಾಲ್)

  1. red (color/colour)

Noun

लाल • (lāl) (Latin script lal, Kannada script ಲಾಲ್)

  1. red (color/colour)

See also
Colors in Konkani · रंग (raṅga) (layout · text)
     धवो (dhavo); उजळ (ujaḷ); गोरो (goro); दुदाळ (dudāḷ)      खाकी (khākī)      काळो (kāḷo); काजळी (kājḷī); टेंबुरणी (ṭemburṇī)
             तांबडो (tāmbḍo); लाल (lāl); रक्तवर्णी (raktavarṇī); अबिरी (abirī)              मातेरी (māterī); नारंगी (nāraṅgī); बदामी (badāmī)              अळदुवो (aḷduvo); गंदकी (gandkī)
             पोपटी (popṭī)              पाच्वो (pācvo); काळंगी (kāḷaṅgī)              चंदनी (candnī)
             फिरोजी (phirojī); आकाशी (ākāśī)                           निळो (niḷo)
                          जांबळो (jāmbḷo); द्राक्षाळ (drākṣāḷ)              गुलाबी (gulābī)

References
  • Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لال (lāl). Compare Gujarati લાલ (lāl), Hindustani لَال (lāl) / लाल (lāl), Punjabi ਲਾਲ (lāl) / لال (lāl), Bengali লাল (lal).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lal/

Adjective

लाल • (lāl)

  1. red (color/colour)

Noun

लाल • (lāl) m

  1. red (color/colour)

Derived terms
  • लाली (lālī)
  • लाल भोपळा (lāl bhopḷā)

See also
Colors in Marathi · रंग (raṅga) (layout · text)
     पांढरा (pāṇḍhrā)      पारवा (pārvā), राखाडी (rākhāḍī)      काळा (kāḷā)
             लाल (lāl), तांबडा (tāmbḍā); [Term?]              केशरी (keśrī), भगवा (bhagvā); तपकिरी (tapkirī)              पिवळा (pivḷā); [Term?]
             पोपटी (popṭī)              हिरवा (hirvā)              [Term?]; [Term?]
             [Term?]; आकाशी (ākāśī)              [Term?]              निळा (niḷā)
             [Term?]; [Term?]              [Term?]; जांभळा (j̈āmbhaḷā)              गुलाबी (gulābī)

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “लाल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “लाल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “लाल”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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