# पल
## Bhojpuri
### Etymology

From Sanskrit पल (pála).

### Noun

पल (pal) ? (Kaithi 𑂣𑂪)
* moment

## Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀮 (pala), from Sanskrit पल (pála, “a particular measure (of weight, fluid, time)”).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pəl/, [pɐl]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -əl

### Noun

पल • (pal) m (Urdu spelling پل)
* jiffy, moment (technically a measure of time equal to 24 seconds)
    Synonym: क्षण (kṣaṇ)
    कृपया पल भर के लिए प्रतीक्षा कीजिए।kŕpyā pal bhar ke lie pratīkṣā kījie.Please wait for a moment.
    दो पल का ― do pal kā ― fleeting, lasting only a moment

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “पल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পল (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬮ (Balinese script)
* পল (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* ပလ (Burmese script)
* પલ (Gujarati script)
* ਪਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಲ (Kannada script)
* បល (Khmer script)
* ປລ (Lao script)
* പല (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐮 (Newa script)
* ପଲ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖩 (Siddham script)
* පල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚥 (Takri script)
* பல (Tamil script)
* పల (Telugu script)
* ปล (Thai script)
* པ་ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Dravidian; compare Telugu పొలసు (polasu, “meat”). See पलल (palala, “flesh”).

#### Noun

पल • (pala) stem, n
* flesh, meat

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin. Mayrhofer considers potential connections to words such as पालवी (pālavī, “a kind of vessel”), पल्ल (palla, “a large granary, barn”), and Ancient Greek πελίκη (pelíkē, “ceramic container”) to be unlikely, as the original meaning is probably "weight, mass" and no "container" meanings are attested. He is also skeptical of etymologies linking the word to Proto-Dravidian *paḷ- (“to glitter, flash”), whence Tamil பளபள (paḷapaḷa, “to shine, glitter”).

#### Noun

पल • (pala) stem, n
* a particular weight = 4 karṣas = 1/100 tulā
* a particular fluid measure
* a particular measure of time (= 1/60 ghaṭī)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Probably related to पलाली (palālī, “a stalk, straw”) and पलाव (palāva, “chaff, husks”).

#### Noun

पल • (pala) stem, m
* straw (dried cereal stalk)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 609/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 308
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 231-232