# लाल
## Bhojpuri
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لال (lāl).

### Adjective

लाल (lāl)
* red

## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /lɑːl/, [läːl]
* Rhymes: -ɑːl
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian لال (lāl). Compare Bengali লাল (lal), Gujarati લાલ (lāl), Marathi लाल (lāl), Odia ଲାଲ (lāla), Punjabi ਲਾਲ (lāl) / لال (lāl).

#### Adjective

लाल • (lāl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لَال)
* red (color/colour)

#### Noun

लाल • (lāl) m (Urdu spelling لَال)
* red (color/colour)

##### Declension
#### See also

Colors in Hindi · रंग (raṅg) (layout · text) :
| सफ़ेद (safed), श्वेत (śvet) | धूसर (dhūsar), छाई (chāī) | काला (kālā), श्याम (śyām) |
| लाल (lāl), सुर्ख़ (surx), राता (rātā); गहरा लाल (gahrā lāl), क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī) | नारंगी (nāraṅgī), माल्टा (mālṭā); भूरा (bhūrā) | पीला (pīlā); मलाई (malāī) |
| नींबू (nīmbū), सुगा पंछी (sugā pañchī) | हरा (harā) | |
| फ़िरोज़ा (firozā) | आसमानी (āsmānī) | नीला (nīlā), नील (nīl) |
| जामुनी (jāmunī); नील (nīl) | रानी (rānī); बैंगनी (baiṅgnī), जामुनी (jāmunī) | गुलाबी (gulābī) |

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit लाल्य (lālya, “to be caressed”). Cognate with Old Awadhi लाल (lāla, “woman”).

#### Adjective

लाल • (lāl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لال)
* dear, beloved, darling

#### Noun

लाल • (lāl) m (Urdu spelling لال)
* (endearing) an infant boy, dear son

#### Proper noun

लाल • (lāl) m (Urdu spelling لال)
* (Hinduism) dear son: a designation of Krishna
* a male surname, Lal
* a male given name, Lal

##### Derived terms

* लाल बीबी (lāl bībī)
* लाल-बुझक्कड़ (lāl-bujhakkaṛ)

##### See also

* लाड़ (lāṛ)
* लाड़ला (lāṛlā)

#### Further reading

* Lal on Wikipedia

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लाल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 893
* Platts, John T. (1884) “لال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 946

## Konkani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لال (lāl).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lɑːl]

### Adjective

लाल • (lāl) (Latin script lal, Kannada script ಲಾಲ್)
* red (color/colour)

### Noun

लाल • (lāl) (Latin script lal, Kannada script ಲಾಲ್)
* red (color/colour)

### See also

Colors in Konkani · रंग (raṅga) (layout · text) :
| धवो (dhavo); उजळ (ujaḷ); गोरो (goro); दुदाळ (dudāḷ) | खाकी (khākī) | काळो (kāḷo); काजळी (kājḷī); टेंबुरणी (ṭemburṇī) |
| तांबडो (tāmbḍo); लाल (lāl); रक्तवर्णी (raktavarṇī); अबिरी (abirī) | मातेरी (māterī); नारंगी (nāraṅgī); बदामी (badāmī) | अळदुवो (aḷduvo); गंदकी (gandkī) |
| पोपटी (popṭī) | पाच्वो (pācvo); काळंगी (kāḷaṅgī) | चंदनी (candnī) |
| फिरोजी (phirojī); आकाशी (ākāśī) | | निळो (niḷo) |
| | जांबळो (jāmbḷo); द्राक्षाळ (drākṣāḷ) | गुलाबी (gulābī) |

### References

* Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لال (lāl). Compare Gujarati લાલ (lāl), Hindustani لَال (lāl) / लाल (lāl), Punjabi ਲਾਲ (lāl) / لال (lāl), Bengali লাল (lal).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lal/

### Adjective

लाल • (lāl)
* red (color/colour)

### Noun

लाल • (lāl) m
* red (color/colour)

#### Derived terms

* लाली (lālī)
* लाल भोपळा (lāl bhopḷā)

### See also

Colors in Marathi · रंग (raṅga) (layout · text) :
| पांढरा (pāṇḍhrā) | पारवा (pārvā), राखाडी (rākhāḍī) | काळा (kāḷā) |
| लाल (lāl), तांबडा (tāmbḍā); [Term?] | केशरी (keśrī), भगवा (bhagvā); तपकिरी (tapkirī) | पिवळा (pivḷā); [Term?] |
| पोपटी (popṭī) | हिरवा (hirvā) | [Term?]; [Term?] |
| [Term?]; आकाशी (ākāśī) | [Term?] | निळा (niḷā) |
| [Term?]; [Term?] | [Term?]; जांभळा (j̈āmbhaḷā) | गुलाबी (gulābī) |

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “लाल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “लाल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “लाल”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).