بال

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baː.la/
  • (Central Asia) IPA^(key): /boːl/

Etymology 1

Found in dictionaries as if from the root ب و ل (b-w-l), but actually not relatable to any root. It is explained as reanalysis of بَاءَ لِي (bāʔa lī, “it has come upon me”); predating Arabic literature by a millennium at least since there is Biblical Aramaic בָּל (bāl, “mind, heed”).

Noun

بَال • (bāl) m

1. mind, state
2. attention, mindfulness, heed

Declension

Declension of noun بَال (bāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَال bāl	الْبَال al-bāl	بَال bāl
Nominative	بَالٌ bālun	الْبَالُ al-bālu	بَالُ bālu
Accusative	بَالًا bālan	الْبَالَ al-bāla	بَالَ bāla
Genitive	بَالٍ bālin	الْبَالِ al-bāli	بَالِ bāli

Derived terms

• مَا بَال (mā bāl)

Related terms

• بَالَى (bālā)

Etymology 2

From the root ب و ل (b-w-l) related to urine.

Verb

بَالَ • (bāla) I, non-past يَبُولُ‎ (yabūlu)

1. to urinate

Conjugation

Conjugation of

بَالَ

(form-I hollow, verbal noun بَوْل)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						بَوْل bawl
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						بَائِل bāʔil
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَبُول mabūl
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	بُلْتُ bultu	بُلْتَ bulta	بَالَ bāla		بُلْتُمَا bultumā	بَالَا bālā		بُلْنَا bulnā	بُلْتُمْ bultum	بَالُوا bālū
	f		بُلْتِ bulti	بَالَتْ bālat			بَالَتَا bālatā			بُلْتُنَّ bultunna	بُلْنَ bulna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَبُولُ ʔabūlu	تَبُولُ tabūlu	يَبُولُ yabūlu		تَبُولَانِ tabūlāni	يَبُولَانِ yabūlāni		نَبُولُ nabūlu	تَبُولُونَ tabūlūna	يَبُولُونَ yabūlūna
	f		تَبُولِينَ tabūlīna	تَبُولُ tabūlu			تَبُولَانِ tabūlāni			تَبُلْنَ tabulna	يَبُلْنَ yabulna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَبُولَ ʔabūla	تَبُولَ tabūla	يَبُولَ yabūla		تَبُولَا tabūlā	يَبُولَا yabūlā		نَبُولَ nabūla	تَبُولُوا tabūlū	يَبُولُوا yabūlū
	f		تَبُولِي tabūlī	تَبُولَ tabūla			تَبُولَا tabūlā			تَبُلْنَ tabulna	يَبُلْنَ yabulna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَبُلْ ʔabul	تَبُلْ tabul	يَبُلْ yabul		تَبُولَا tabūlā	يَبُولَا yabūlā		نَبُلْ nabul	تَبُولُوا tabūlū	يَبُولُوا yabūlū
	f		تَبُولِي tabūlī	تَبُلْ tabul			تَبُولَا tabūlā			تَبُلْنَ tabulna	يَبُلْنَ yabulna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		بُلْ bul			بُولَا būlā				بُولُوا būlū
	f		بُولِي būlī							بُلْنَ bulna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	بِلْتُ biltu	بِلْتَ bilta	بِيلَ bīla		بِلْتُمَا biltumā	بِيلَا bīlā		بِلْنَا bilnā	بِلْتُمْ biltum	بِيلُوا bīlū
	f		بِلْتِ bilti	بِيلَتْ bīlat			بِيلَتَا bīlatā			بِلْتُنَّ biltunna	بِلْنَ bilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُبَالُ ʔubālu	تُبَالُ tubālu	يُبَالُ yubālu		تُبَالَانِ tubālāni	يُبَالَانِ yubālāni		نُبَالُ nubālu	تُبَالُونَ tubālūna	يُبَالُونَ yubālūna
	f		تُبَالِينَ tubālīna	تُبَالُ tubālu			تُبَالَانِ tubālāni			تُبَلْنَ tubalna	يُبَلْنَ yubalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُبَالَ ʔubāla	تُبَالَ tubāla	يُبَالَ yubāla		تُبَالَا tubālā	يُبَالَا yubālā		نُبَالَ nubāla	تُبَالُوا tubālū	يُبَالُوا yubālū
	f		تُبَالِي tubālī	تُبَالَ tubāla			تُبَالَا tubālā			تُبَلْنَ tubalna	يُبَلْنَ yubalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُبَلْ ʔubal	تُبَلْ tubal	يُبَلْ yubal		تُبَالَا tubālā	يُبَالَا yubālā		نُبَلْ nubal	تُبَالُوا tubālū	يُبَالُوا yubālū
	f		تُبَالِي tubālī	تُبَلْ tubal			تُبَالَا tubālā			تُبَلْنَ tubalna	يُبَلْنَ yubalna

Descendants

• Maltese: biel

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

بَالِ • (bāli) (form III)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of بَالَى (bālā)

References

• “bl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Bauer, Hans (1935) “Etymologica I”, in Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volume 10, page 1
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “بال”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 174
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “بال”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 180
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “بال”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “بال”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 124

Chagatai

بال

Etymology

Inherited from Karakhanid بال (bal), from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bal, Bashkir бал (bal), Chuvash пыл (pyl), Kazakh бал (bal), Kyrgyz бал (bal), Ottoman Turkish بال (bal), and Turkmen bal.

Noun

بال (bal)

1. honey

   Synonym: عسل (asal)

2. mead

Descendants

• Uyghur: بال (bal)
• Uzbek:

  Latin script: bol

  Cyrillic script: бол

Further reading

• Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “بال”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎^[4] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 153

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu بال (bāl), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑl/

Noun

بال • (bāl) m (Standard Gujarati બાલ) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

1. hair

   Synonym: વાળ (vāḷ) (Standard Gujarati)

Khalaj

Noun

بال (bâl) (definite accusative بالؽ, plural باللار)

1. Arabic spelling of bâl (“wing”)

Declension

Declension of بال

	singular	plural
nominative	بال	باللار
genitive	بالؽݧ	باللارؽݧ
dative	بالقا	باللارقا
definite accusative	بالؽ	باللارؽ
locative	بالچا	باللارچا
ablative	بالدا	باللاردا
instrumental	باللا	باللارلا
equative	بالوارا	باللاروارا

Kohistani Shina

Etymology

Inherited from Shina بال (bál), Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /báːl/

Noun

باٗل (baál) m

1. child

Kundal Shahi

Noun

بال (báal)

1. hair

References

• https://fli-online.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kundal_shahi_introduction.pdf

Moroccan Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːl/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Root
ب و ل
2 terms

From Arabic بَالَ (bāla).

Verb

بال • (bāl) I (non-past يبول (ybūl))

1. to urinate

Conjugation

Conjugation of بال
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	بلت (bult)	بلتي (bulti)	بال (bāl)		بلنا (bulna)	بلتوا (bultu)	بالوا (bālu)
	f			بالت (bālet)
non-past	m	نبول (nbūl)	تبول (tbūl)	يبول (ybūl)		نبولوا (nbūlu)	تبولوا (tbūlu)	يبولوا (ybūlu)
	f		تبولي (tbūli)	تبول (tbūl)
imperative	m		بول (būl)				بولوا (būlu)
	f		بولي (būli)

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَال (bāl).

Noun

بال • (bāl) m

1. mind, state

Related terms

• بالى (bāla)

Ottoman Turkish

بال

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”); cognate with Azerbaijani bal, Bashkir бал (bal), Chuvash пыл (pyl), Kazakh бал (bal), Kyrgyz бал (bal), Turkmen bal, Uyghur بال (bal) and Uzbek bol.

Noun

بال • (bal)

1. honey, a viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees

   Synonyms: انگبین (engübin), عسل (asel)

Derived terms

• بال آریسی (bal arısı, “honeybee”)
• بال باشی (bal başı, “the purest honey”)
• بال صاغمق (bal sağmak, “to drain honey from the comb”)
• بال قباغی (bal kabağı, “sweet gourd”)
• بال قوشی (bal kuşu, “honeybird”)
• بال پتكی (bal peteği, “honeycomb”)
• بالجی (balcı, “dealer in honey”)
• باللاندیرمق (ballandırmak, “to praise, gloss over”)
• باللانمق (ballanmak, “to become honey”)
• باللو (ballı, “containing honey”)
• بالمومی (balmumu, “beeswax”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: bal
• → Armenian: պալ (pal)

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bal1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 446
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “بال”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[5], Vienna: F. Beck, page 104b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[6], Constantinople: Mihran, page 245
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Mel”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[7], Vienna, column 1026
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بال”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[8], Vienna, column 679
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[9], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 333

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَال (bāl, “attention, heed”).

Noun

بال • (bâl)

1. condition, status, a particular state of being in a specific moment
2. attention, care, heed, regard, concern for someone or something

   Synonym: دقت (dikkat)

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bal5”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 447
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “bâl”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[10] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 85
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[11], Constantinople: Mihran, page 245
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بال”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[12], Vienna, columns 679-680
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[13], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 333

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian بال (bâl, “wing”).

Noun

بال • (bâl)

1. (poetic) wing, the appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly

   Synonym: قنات (kanat)

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bal4”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 447
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “bâl”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[14] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 85
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[15], Constantinople: Mihran, page 245
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بال”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[16], Vienna, column 680
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[17], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 333

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian b’lk’ (bālag, “wing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔl]

Readings
Classical reading?	bāl
Dari reading?	bāl
Iranian reading?	bâl
Tajik reading?	bol

Noun

Dari	بال
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бол

بال • (bâl)

1. wing

Descendants

• → Khalaj: bâl

Shina

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báːl/

Noun

بال (baál) m

1. boy, child

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب و ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَال (bāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːl/, [bæːl]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Noun

بال • (bāl) m

1. mind

   طوّل بالك.

   ṭawwel bālak

   Be patient.

   (literally, “Lengthen your mind.”)

   Audio (Ramallah):

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   دير بالك.

   dīr bālak

   Be careful.

   (literally, “Direct your mind.”)

   Audio (Ramallah):

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   دير بالك على إمّك.

   dīr bālak ʕala ʕimmak

   Take care of your mother.

Derived terms

• دار باله (dār bālo, “to be careful”)
• طوّل باله (ṭawwal bālo, “to be patient”)
• طويل البال (ṭawīl il-bāl, “patient”, adj.)
• جاي عباله (jāy ʕa-bālo, “to feel like doing”)

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑːl/

• Audio (PK):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːl

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla).

Noun

بال • (bāl) m (Hindi spelling बाल)

1. hair

Descendants

• → Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati: بال (bāl)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

Noun

بال • (bāl) m (Hindi spelling बाल)

1. (chiefly in compounds) child

   Synonym: بچہ (baccā)

2. young boy

Derived terms

• بالی (bālī, “young girl”)
• بال بچے (bāl-bacce, “children”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian بال (bāl), from Middle Persian b’lk’ (bālag, “wing”).

Noun

بال • (bāl) m (Hindi spelling बाल)

1. feather
2. wing