धवल

Sanskrit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɐ.ʋɐ.lɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱɐ.ʋɐ.l̪ɐ/

Adjective

धवल • (dhavalá) stem

1. white

Descendants

Learned borrowing

• → Hindi: धवल (dhaval)
• → Marathi: धवळ (dhavaḷ)
• → Odia: ଧବଳ (dhåbåḷå)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀯𑀮 (dhavala)

• Western:
  • → Punjabi: ਧੌਲਾ (dhaulā, “white”)
    • → Lahnda: دھولؕ (dhôḷa)
  • → Sindhi:
    • → Devanagari script: धउँरो (dhaũro)
    • → Arabic script: ڌَونرو (dhaũro)
• Northern:
  • → Kumaoni: धौलो (“white”)
• Eastern:
  • → Assamese: ধল (dhol), ধলা (dhola)
  • → Bengali: ধল (dhol), ধলা (dhola)
  • → Bihari: धौर (dhaur)
  • → Odia: ଧଳା (dhåḷā)
• Central:
  • → Hindustani:
    • → Hindi: धौर (dhaur, “white pigeon”), धौला (dhaulā), धौरा (dhaurā), धोरा (dhorā)
    • → Urdu: دھَور (dhaur, “white pigeon”), دھَولَا (dhaulā), دھَورَ (dhaura), دھورَا (dhorā)
  • Old Gujarati:
    • → Gujarati: ધૌળું (dhauḷũ)
• Southern:
  • → Marathi: धवळ (dhavaḷ), धवळाइ (dhavḷāi) (learned)
  • → Dhivehi: ދަވަޅު (davaḷu, “beautiful, pretty”)
  • → Sinhalese: දවලු (dawalu)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀯𑀮𑀇 (dhavalaï)

• Western:
  • → Sindhi: ڌَونرَايڻُ (dhaũrāiṇu, “to whiten”)
• Eastern:
  • → Assamese: ধাৱলী (dhawoli, “to whitewash”)
  • → Odia: ଧାଲିବା (dhālibā, “to whitewash”)
• Central:
  • → Gujarati: ધૌળવું (dhauḷvũ)