As a deity name
Name 723 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 486 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a female child, girl, young woman (esp. one under 16 years), &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bālāyai" is the dative of "bālā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "bālāyai" is the dative of "bāliman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "bālāyai" is the dative of "bāla" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "bāla" is derived from "bāl" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
bāl ind. onomat. an interjection imitating the sound of a falling body, AV.
bāla mf(ā)n. (cf. vāla) young, childish, infantine, not full-grown or developed (of persons and things), GṛS.; Up.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
newly risen, early (as the sun or its rays), Ragh.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
bālā (ā), f. a female child, girl, young woman (esp. one under 16 years), Mn.; MBh. &c.
a one year new cow, L.
bāliman m. childhood, youth, immaturity g. pṛthv-ādi.
bāliman m. Childhood, boyhood, youth.
bāla mf(ā)n. (cf. vāla) young, childish, infantine, not full-grown or developed (of persons and things), GṛS.; Up.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
newly risen, early (as the sun or its rays), Ragh.
bāl ind. onomat. an interjection imitating the sound of a falling body, AV.
bā ind. 1 As, like. 2 Or, either: see vā.
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