វាល

Khmer

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *waal (“grazing, open ground”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic វាល vāl WT romanisation viəl (standard) IPA(key) /ʋiəl/

Noun

វាល • (viəl)

1. plain, large open space, field, clearing
2. courtyard, plaza
3. threshing floor

Verb

វាល • (viəl) (abstract noun ការវាល)

1. to be cleared off/out, emptied (as of a room)

See also

• លាន (liən)
• ប្រលាន (prɑlaan)
• វៀល (viəl)

Derived terms

• ទីវាល (tiiviəl)

Affixed forms

• ប្រវាល (prɑviəl)
• ឃ្វាល (khviəl)
• គង្វាល (kŭəngviəl)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali vāla (“tail hair, hair”) or Sanskrit वाल (vāla, “tail hair, hair”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic វាល vāl Phonemic វា-លៈ vā-l` WT romanisation viəlĕəʼ (standard) IPA(key) /ʋiə.ˈlĕəʔ/

Noun

វាល • (viəlĕəʼ)

1. hair, fur, hair of an animal’s tail

Alternative forms

• វាលៈ (viəlĕəʼ)

Pali

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vāla (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• वाल (Devanagari script)
• ৰাল (Bengali script)
• වාල (Sinhalese script)
• ဝါလ or ဝႃလ (Burmese script)
• วาล or วาละ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩤᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ວາລ or ວາລະ (Lao script)
• 𑅇𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• bāla (Latin script)
• 𑀩𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• बाल (Devanagari script)
• বাল (Bengali script)
• බාල (Sinhalese script)
• ဗာလ or ၿႃလ (Burmese script)
• พาล or พาละ (Thai script)
• ᨻᩣᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ພາລ or ພາລະ (Lao script)
• ពាល (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

Noun

វាល m

1. hair of the tail
2. horsehair
3. tail

Declension

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	វាលោ (vālo)	វាលា (vālā)
Accusative (second)	វាលំ (vālaṃ)	វាលេ (vāle)
Instrumental (third)	វាលេន (vālena)	វាលេហិ (vālehi) or វាលេភិ (vālebhi)
Dative (fourth)	វាលស្ស (vālassa) or វាលាយ (vālāya) or វាលត្ថំ (vālatthaṃ)	វាលានំ (vālānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	វាលស្មា (vālasmā) or វាលម្ហា (vālamhā) or វាលា (vālā)	វាលេហិ (vālehi) or វាលេភិ (vālebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	វាលស្ស (vālassa)	វាលានំ (vālānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	វាលស្មិំ (vālasmiṃ) or វាលម្ហិ (vālamhi) or វាលេ (vāle)	វាលេសុ (vālesu)
Vocative (calling)	វាល (vāla)	វាលា (vālā)

Declension table of "វាល" (masculine)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vāla (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• वाल (Devanagari script)
• ৰাল (Bengali script)
• වාල (Sinhalese script)
• ဝါလ or ဝႃလ (Burmese script)
• วาล or วาละ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩤᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ວາລ or ວາລະ (Lao script)
• 𑅇𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

Adjective

វាល

1. malicious, troublesome, difficult

Declension

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	វាលោ (vālo)	វាលា (vālā)
Accusative (second)	វាលំ (vālaṃ)	វាលេ (vāle)
Instrumental (third)	វាលេន (vālena)	វាលេហិ (vālehi) or វាលេភិ (vālebhi)
Dative (fourth)	វាលស្ស (vālassa) or វាលាយ (vālāya) or វាលត្ថំ (vālatthaṃ)	វាលានំ (vālānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	វាលស្មា (vālasmā) or វាលម្ហា (vālamhā) or វាលា (vālā)	វាលេហិ (vālehi) or វាលេភិ (vālebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	វាលស្ស (vālassa)	វាលានំ (vālānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	វាលស្មិំ (vālasmiṃ) or វាលម្ហិ (vālamhi) or វាលេ (vāle)	វាលេសុ (vālesu)
Vocative (calling)	វាល (vāla)	វាលា (vālā)

Declension table of "វាល" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	វាលំ (vālaṃ)	វាលានិ (vālāni)
Accusative (second)	វាលំ (vālaṃ)	វាលានិ (vālāni)
Instrumental (third)	វាលេន (vālena)	វាលេហិ (vālehi) or វាលេភិ (vālebhi)
Dative (fourth)	វាលស្ស (vālassa) or វាលាយ (vālāya) or វាលត្ថំ (vālatthaṃ)	វាលានំ (vālānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	វាលស្មា (vālasmā) or វាលម្ហា (vālamhā) or វាលា (vālā)	វាលេហិ (vālehi) or វាលេភិ (vālebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	វាលស្ស (vālassa)	វាលានំ (vālānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	វាលស្មិំ (vālasmiṃ) or វាលម្ហិ (vālamhi) or វាលេ (vāle)	វាលេសុ (vālesu)
Vocative (calling)	វាល (vāla)	វាលានិ (vālāni)

Declension table of "វាល" (neuter)