व्याल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

व्याल • (vyāla) stem, ?

  1. A vicious elephant
  2. A beast of prey
  3. snake
  4. tiger
  5. leopard
  6. king
  7. cheat rogue
  8. N of Viṣṇu

Descendants

  • Hindi: व्याल (vyāl)
  • Malayalam: വ്യാളം (vyāḷaṁ)

References

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “व्याल”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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