As a Hindi name
नाल · noun · feminine
कमल, कुमुद, आदि फूलों की पोलो लंबी डंडी । डांड़ी · पौधे का डंठल । कांड · गेहूँ, जो आदि की पतली लंबी डंडी जिसमें बाल लगती है — Śabdasāgara
नाल · noun · masculine
रक्त की नालियों तथा एक प्रकार के मज्जातंतु से बनी हुई रस्सी के आकार की वस्तु जो एक ओर तो गर्भस्थ बच्चे की नाभि से और दूसरी ओर गोल थाली के आकार में फैलकर गर्भाशय की दीवार से मली होती है । आँवल नाल । उल्लनाल । नार । नार · लिंग · हरताल — Śabdasāgara
नाल · feminine
tube, pipe; stalk, stem
नाल · masculine
horseshoe
Platts (p. 1117) also records: (dialec.) Near
Cited formation "नाल" is ना- + ल: ल means "the twenty-eighth consonant in Hindi", and the prefix ना- forms without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §5(2) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit नाडी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit नाडी (nāḍī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
nāḍī f. (fr. nāḍa nom. ˚ḍīs, RV. x, 135, 7) the tubular stalk of any plant or any tubular organ (as a vein or artery of the body)
any pipe or tube, RV. &c. &c.
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian نَعْل (na'l), from Arabic نَعْل (naʕl).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
any tube or tubular vessel or vein &c. of the body
Verified derivationMultiple readings (14)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nāla" is the vocative of "nālā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "nāla" is derived from "nā" with the lac suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
nā f. the navel
a musical instrument
nāla mfn. (fr. nala cf. nāḍa) consisting or made of reeds, BhP.
nāla m. (g. ardharcādi) f(ā, or ī, L.). and n. a hollow stalk, (esp.) of the lotus, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
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Dictionary citations
nāla mfn. (fr. nala cf. nāḍa) consisting or made of reeds, BhP.
nāla m. (g. ardharcādi) f(ā, or ī, L.). and n. a hollow stalk, (esp.) of the lotus, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
nāla m. any tube or tubular vessel or vein &c. of the body, ib.
nāla m. or n. the navel-string, Gobh., Sch.
nāla m. N. of a poet, Cat.
nālā (ā), f. N. of a river, MBh.; VP. (v.l. nīlā)
nālā A hollow stalk, especially that of the lotus.
nā f. the navel
a musical instrument
Alternative readings
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