# पटल
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पटल (paṭala).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pə.ʈəl/, [pɐ.ʈɐl]

### Noun

पटल • (paṭal) m (Urdu spelling پٹل)
* roof, thatch
* covering, screen, veil
* a cataract (of the eye)
* a basket
* heap, mass, amount
* a sandalwood mark on the forehead

#### Declension
### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पटल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “पटल”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পটল (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬝᬮ (Balinese script)
* পটল (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰘𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀝𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* ပဋလ (Burmese script)
* પટલ (Gujarati script)
* ਪਟਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌟𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦛꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂗𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಟಲ (Kannada script)
* បដល (Khmer script)
* ປຏລ (Lao script)
* പടല (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠᢞᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘘𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᢌᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑦸𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐚𑐮 (Newa script)
* ପଟଲ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢜꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆛𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖘𑖩 (Siddham script)
* පටල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩦𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚔𑚥 (Takri script)
* படல (Tamil script)
* పటల (Telugu script)
* ปฏล (Thai script)
* པ་ཊ་ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒙𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨔𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɐ.ʈɐ.lɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpɐ.ʈɐ.l̪ɐ/

### Etymology 1

Perhaps from पट् (paṭ, “to split”). Alternatively, related to Etymology 3 or 4.

#### Noun

पटल • (paṭala) stem, n
* a section or chapter of a book

##### Declension
#### References

* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 67
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 189-90

### Etymology 2

Likely related to पट (paṭa, “garment”).

#### Noun

पटल • (paṭala) stem, n
* a roof, thatch
* a veil, cover

##### Declension
#### Noun

पटल • (paṭala) stem, m or n
* an enclosing or surrounding skin or membrane (especially of the eyes), cataract

##### Declension
#### References

* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 298

### Etymology 3

Either related to Etymology 2 or 4.

#### Noun

पटल • (paṭala) stem, n
* a heap, mass, multitude
* a chip, piece, portion
* train, retinue
* a (sectarian or ornamental) mark on the forehead or other parts of the body with sandalwood

#### Noun

पटल • (paṭala) stem, m or f
* a tree or a stalk

##### Declension

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#### References

* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 299

### Etymology 4

Probably related to Etymology 2. Alternatively, related to पिट (piṭa, “basket”) or पट्ट (paṭṭa, “a frontlet; a turban”).

#### Noun

पटल • (paṭala) stem, n
* a basket, chest, box

#### References

* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 299

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “पटल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 579, column 1.