Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“spirituous, liquor, wine”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“spirituous, liquor, wine”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
हाल · hāl · s.f.
Shaking, shake, motion; jerking, jerk — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1216
हाल · hāl · s.m.
A plough — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1216
हाल · noun · masculine
दशा । अवस्था । जैसे,—अब उनका क्या हाल है ? · पृ॰ १७ । (ख) डोला लिए चलो तुम झटपट, छोड़े अटपट चाल रे । सजन भवन पहुँचा दो हमको, मन का हाल बिहाल, रे । —क्वासि, पृ॰ ४७ · परिस्थिति । माजरा — Śabdasāgara
हाल · adj
वर्तमान । चलता । उपस्थित । जैसे,—जमाना हाल — Śabdasāgara
हाल · masculine
state, condition
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian حال (hāl), from Arabic حَال (ḥāl). Compare Bengali হাল (hal), Marathi हाल (hāl), Punjabi ਹਾਲ (hāl).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a ‘scraper’ (kind of bird), Sch.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (12)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "hāla" is the vocative of "hālā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "hāla" is derived from "hā" with the lac suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
hā (ā), f. coition
a lute
hāla m. = hala, a plough, L.
a ‘scraper’ (kind of bird), Suśr., Sch.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
hāla m. = hala, a plough, L.
a ‘scraper’ (kind of bird), Suśr., Sch.
N. of Bala-rāma (cf. haladhara), L.
of Sātavāhana, Cat.
of a king (son of Ariṣṭa-karman), VP.
hālā (ā), f. spirituous liquor (a provincial term accord. to Vām. v, 1, 13)
hālahalī, hālā Wine, spirituous liquor; hitvā hālāmabhimatarasāṃ revatīlocanāṃkāṃ Me. 49; Pt. 1. 58; Śi. 10. 21.
hā (ā), f. coition
a lute
Alternative readings
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