As a Hindi name

नाला · noun · masculine

[स्त्री॰ अल्पा॰ नाली] · पृथ्वी पर लकीर के रूप में दूर तक गया हुआ गड्ढा जिससे होकर बरसाती पानी किसी नदी आदि में जाता है । जलप्रणाली · उक्त मार्ग से बहता हुआ जल । जलप्रवाह — Śabdasāgara

नाला · noun · masculine

कमल का दंड — Śabdasāgara

नाला · nālā · s.m.

A watercourse; channel (for water), a ravine; a rivulet, brook, canal; a drain, gutter — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1117

नाला · masculine

drain, drainpipe; ravine, watercourse

Cited formation "नाला" is ना- + ला: ला means "contrac. of lākshā, q.v", and the prefix ना- forms without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §5(2) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago

Cited formation "नाला" is नाल + -आ: नाल means "tube, pipe", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table

Cited formation "नाला" is नाल + -आ: नाल means "tube, pipe", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table

a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit नाडी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀦𑀸𑀮 (nāla), from Sanskrit नाडी (nāḍī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record