பல

See also: பல் and பலம்

Irula

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बल (bala). Cognate with Tamil பலம் (palam), Kannada ಬಲ (bala) and Sinhalese බලය (balaya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /balə/

Noun

பல (bala)

strength

References

Gerard F. Diffloth (1968) The Irula Language, a close relative to Tamil‎, University of California, Los Angeles, page 28

Tamil

Etymology

Cognate with Kannada ಹಲವು (halavu), Malayalam പല (pala).

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
IPA^(key): /pɐlɐ/

Determiner

பல • (pala)

many, several, a lot
(Spoken Tamil)
பல வர்ஷங்கள் முன்னாடி...
pala varṣaṅkaḷ muṉṉāṭi...
Many years ago...

Adjective

பல • (pala)

diverse, varied, various

References

Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “பல”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]

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