# බාල
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* bāla (Latin script)
* 𑀩𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* बाल (Devanagari script)
* বাল (Bengali script)
* ဗာလ or ၿႃလ (Burmese script)
* พาล or พาละ (Thai script)
* ᨻᩣᩃ (Tai Tham script)
* ພາລ or ພາລະ (Lao script)
* ពាល (Khmer script)
* 𑄝𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

බාල m
* Sinhala script form of bāla (“child, fool”)
** c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎, Colombo, 2009:8. පමාදං අප‍්පමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතො 28 පඤ‍්ඤාපාසාදමාරුය‍්හ අසොකො සොකිනිං පජං පබ‍්බතට‍්ඨො’ව භුම‍්මට‍්ඨෙ ධීරො බාලෙ අවෙක‍්ඛති.8. Pamādaṃ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito 28 Paññāpāsādamāruyha asoko sokiniṃ pajaṃ Pabbataṭṭho'va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati.8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28 having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow, as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below.(literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28 having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow, as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.”)(Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

##### Declension
#### Adjective

බාල
* Sinhala script form of bāla (“young”)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

බාල m
* Sinhala script form of bāla (“hair”)

##### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* বাল (Assamese script)
* ᬩᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
* বাল (Bengali script)
* 𑰤𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀩𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* ဗာလ (Burmese script)
* बाल (Devanagari script)
* બાલ (Gujarati script)
* ਬਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌬𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦧꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂥𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ಬಾಲ (Kannada script)
* ពាល (Khmer script)
* ພາລ (Lao script)
* ബാല (Malayalam script)
* ᠪᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘤𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧄𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐧𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
* ବାଲ (Odia script)
* ꢨꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆧𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖤𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
* 𑩲𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚠𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
* ப³ால (Tamil script)
* బాల (Telugu script)
* พาล (Thai script)
* བཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒥𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨠𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Noun

බාල • (bāla) stem, m
* Sinhalese script form of बाल (“child, fool”)
** (Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎, Colombo, 2009:8. ප්‍රමාදමප්‍රමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතඃ ප්‍රඥාප්‍රසාදමාරුහ්‍ය ත්‍වශොකඃ ශොකිනීං ප්‍රජාම් පර්‍වතස‍්ථ ඉව භූමිෂ‍්ඨාන් ධීරො බාලානවෙක්‍ෂතෙ8 Pramādamapramādena yadā nudati paṇḍitaḥ Prajñāprasādamāruhya tvaśokaḥ śokinīṃ prajām Parvatastha iva bhūmiṣṭhān dhīro bālānavekṣate8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow, as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below.(literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow, as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.”)(Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

#### Declension
### Adjective

බාල • (bāla) stem
* Sinhalese script form of बाल (“childish”)