பல

See also: பல் and பலம்

Irula

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बल (bala​). Cognate with Tamil பலம் (palam), Kannada ಬಲ (bala) and Sinhalese බලය (balaya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /balə/

Noun

பல (bala)

1. strength

References

• Gerard F. Diffloth (1968) The Irula Language, a close relative to Tamil‎^[1], University of California, Los Angeles, page 28

Tamil

Etymology

Cognate with Kannada ಹಲವು (halavu), Malayalam പല (pala).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /pɐlɐ/

Determiner

பல • (pala)

1. many, several, a lot

   (Spoken Tamil)

   பல வர்ஷங்கள் முன்னாடி...

   pala varṣaṅkaḷ muṉṉāṭi...

   Many years ago...

Adjective

பல • (pala)

1. diverse, varied, various

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “பல”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]