फाल

Sanskrit

Etymology

May be borrowed from the BMAC substrate. Compare Persian سپار. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pʰɑ́ː.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

फाल • (phāla) stem, m

1. ploughshare, mattock

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of फाल (phāla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	फालः phālaḥ	फालौ / फाला¹ phālau / phālā¹	फालाः / फालासः¹ phālāḥ / phālāsaḥ¹
Vocative	फाल phāla	फालौ / फाला¹ phālau / phālā¹	फालाः / फालासः¹ phālāḥ / phālāsaḥ¹
Accusative	फालम् phālam	फालौ / फाला¹ phālau / phālā¹	फालान् phālān
Instrumental	फालेन phālena	फालाभ्याम् phālābhyām	फालैः / फालेभिः¹ phālaiḥ / phālebhiḥ¹
Dative	फालाय phālāya	फालाभ्याम् phālābhyām	फालेभ्यः phālebhyaḥ
Ablative	फालात् phālāt	फालाभ्याम् phālābhyām	फालेभ्यः phālebhyaḥ
Genitive	फालस्य phālasya	फालयोः phālayoḥ	फालानाम् phālānām
Locative	फाले phāle	फालयोः phālayoḥ	फालेषु phāleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: phāla
  • → Khmer: ផាល (phaal)
• Prakrit: 𑀨𑀸𑀮 (phāla) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “फाल”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press