धवल

Sanskrit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɐ.ʋɐ.lɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱɐ.ʋɐ.l̪ɐ/

Adjective

धवल • (dhavalá) stem

1. white

Descendants

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀯𑀮 (dhavala)

• Western:
  • Punjabi: ਧੌਲਾ (dhaulā, “white”)
    • Lahnda: دھولؕ (dhôḷa)
  • Sindhi:

    Devanagari script: धउँरो (dhaũro)

    Arabic script: ڌَونرو (dhaũro)

• Northern:
  • Kumaoni: धौलो (“white”)
• Eastern:
  • Assamese: ধল (dhol), ধলা (dhola)
  • Bengali: ধল (dhol), ধলা (dhola)
  • Bihari: धौर (dhaur)
  • Odia: ଧଳା (dhôḷa)
• Central:
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: धौर (dhaur, “white pigeon”), धौला (dhaulā), धौरा (dhaurā), धोरा (dhorā)

    Urdu: دھَور (dhaur, “white pigeon”), دھَولَا (dhaulā), دھَورَ (dhaura), دھورَا (dhorā)

  • Old Gujarati:
    • Gujarati: ધૌળું (dhauḷũ)
• Southern:
  • Marathi: धवळ (dhavaḷ), धवळाइ (dhavḷāi)
  • Dhivehi: ދަވަޅު (davaḷu, “beautiful, pretty”)
  • Sinhalese: දවලු (dawalu)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀯𑀮𑀇 (dhavalaï)

• Western:
  • Sindhi: ڌَونرَايڻُ (dhaũrāiṇu, “to whiten”)
• Eastern:
  • Assamese: ধাৱলী (dhawoli, “to whitewash”)
  • Odia: ଧାଲିବା (dhaliba, “to whitewash”)
• Central:
  • Gujarati: ધૌળવું (dhauḷvũ)