भल्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

बल् (bal) — variant

Alternative scripts

ভল্ (Assamese script)
ᬪᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
ভল্ (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဘလ် (Burmese script)
ભલ્ (Gujarati script)
ਭਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌭𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦨꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂦𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಭಲ್ (Kannada script)
ភល៑ (Khmer script)
ຠລ຺ (Lao script)
ഭല് (Malayalam script)
ᢨᠠᠯ (Manchu script)
𑘥𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᠠᠯ (Mongolian script)
𑧅𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
ଭଲ୍ (Odia script)
ꢩꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
භල් (Sinhalese script)
𑩳𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚡𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
ப⁴ல் (Tamil script)
భల్ (Telugu script)
ภลฺ (Thai script)
བྷ་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨡𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain. Pischel, Tedesco, and Mayrhofer (at least by the time of EWA) believe it to be a later form of स्मृ (smṛ, “to remember”) via sanskritization of early Middle Indo-Aryan (e.g. smāra- > *mhāra- > bhāla-). Compare Prakrit भलइ (bhalaï, “arranges, remembers”), भरइ (bharaï, “remembers”). Relatively early attestation in the Upanishads leads Mayrhofer to also suggest derivation from भाल (bhāla, “lustre”) (Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-) or भा (bhā) (Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐl/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɐl̪/

Root

भल् • (bhal)

to perceive

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भल् (0 c, 1 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root भल् (4 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

भलते (bhalate) (Present)

Secondary Forms

भालयते (bhālayate) (Causative)

References

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963), “bhal-”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 482
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “BHAL”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 253
Monier Williams (1899), “भल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 748.
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 109