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): /pʰɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

फाल • (phāla) stem, m

1. ploughshare, mattock

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of फाल

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	फालः (phālaḥ)	फालौ (phālau) फाला¹ (phālā¹)	फालाः (phālāḥ) फालासः¹ (phālāsaḥ¹)
vocative	फाल (phāla)	फालौ (phālau) फाला¹ (phālā¹)	फालाः (phālāḥ) फालासः¹ (phālāsaḥ¹)
accusative	फालम् (phālam)	फालौ (phālau) फाला¹ (phālā¹)	फालान् (phālān)
instrumental	फालेन (phālena)	फालाभ्याम् (phālābhyām)	फालैः (phālaiḥ) फालेभिः¹ (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)

• 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 Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press