As a Hindi name
ज्वाल · noun · masculine
अग्निशिखा । लौ । लफ्ट । आँच · मशाल (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
ज्वाल · adj
जलता हुआ । प्रकाशयुक्त — Śabdasāgara
ज्वाल · jvāl · s.m.
= S جوالا ज्वाला jvālā, s.f. Flame, blaze; light; fire; heat — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 394
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
light, torch
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jvāla" is the vocative of "jvālā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
jvāla mfn. (Pāṇ. iii, 1, 140) burning, blazing, W.
jvāla m. light, torch, Kauś.
flame, MBh.; Hariv. &c.
jvāla m. (also) a hot infusion, MaitrS.
jvāla a. [jval-ṇa] Burning, blazing. — laḥ 1 A flame, light; davadahanajaṭālajvālajālāhatānāṃ Bv. 1. 36. 2 A torch.
illumination, KātyŚr. iv, Paddh.
causing a flame to blaze, Nyāyam. x, 1, 22
Alternative readings
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