# बल
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बल (bala). Cognate with Marathi बळ (baḷ).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bəl/, [bɐl]
* Rhymes: -əl

### Noun

बल • (bal) m (Urdu spelling بل)
* strength, force
    Synonyms: शक्ति (śakti), ज़ोर (zor), ताक़त (tāqat)
    एकता में बल है। ― ektā mẽ bal hai. ― There is strength in unity.
* a military force, army
* emphasis, stress

#### Declension
### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

### Anagrams

* लब (lab)

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बल (bala). Doublet of बळ (baḷ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bəl/

### Noun

बल • (bal) n
* (physics) force

#### Declension
## Old Gujarati
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बल (bala).

### Noun

बल • (bala) n
* might, power

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* bala (Latin script)
* 𑀩𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* বল (Bengali script)
* බල (Sinhalese script)
* ဗလ or ၿလ (Burmese script)
* พล or พะละ (Thai script)
* ᨻᩃ (Tai Tham script)
* ພລ or ພະລະ (Lao script)
* ពល (Khmer script)
* 𑄝𑄣 (Chakma script)

### Noun

बल n
* Devanagari script form of bala (“strength”)

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

* বল (Assamese script)
* ᬩᬮ (Balinese script)
* বল (Bengali script)
* 𑰤𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀩𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* ဗလ (Burmese script)
* બલ (Gujarati script)
* ਬਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌬𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦧꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂥𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ಬಲ (Kannada script)
* ពល (Khmer script)
* ພລ (Lao script)
* ബല (Malayalam script)
* ᠪᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘤𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧄𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐧𑐮 (Newa script)
* ବଲ (Odia script)
* ꢨꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆧𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖤𑖩 (Siddham script)
* බල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩲𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚠𑚥 (Takri script)
* ப³ல (Tamil script)
* బల (Telugu script)
* พล (Thai script)
* བ་ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒥𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨠𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bɐ́.l̪ɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈbɐ.l̪ɐ/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bálas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bálas, from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“power, strength”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βελτίων (beltíōn), Latin dē-bilis, Old Church Slavonic бол҄ии (bolʹii).

#### Noun

बल • (bálá) stem, n
* power, strength, might, vigour, force, validity
* force or power of articulation
* force considered as a sixth organ of action
* force personified as one of the विश्वेदेवाः (viśvedevāḥ)
* power of, expertness in (+locative)
* stoutness, bulkiness
* (in the plural, feminine) military force, troops, an army
* shape
* body
* penis
* gum
* blood
* young shoot
* bone

##### Descendants

* Helu Prakrit:
** Sinhalese: බලය (balaya)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀮 (bala)
** Marathi: बळ (baḷ)
* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Punjabi: ਬਲ (bala)
* Pali: bala
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀩𑀮 (bala)
** Gujarati: બળ (baḷ)
** Hindi: बल (bal)
* → Indonesian: bala
* → Irula: பல (pala​)
* → Kannada: ಬಲ (bala)
* → Old Javanese: bala
** > Javanese: ꦧꦭ (bala), ꦮꦭ (wala) (inherited)
** → Balinese: ᬩᬮ (bala)
* → Tamil: பலம் (palam)
* → Telugu: బలము (balamu)
* → Thai: พล (pon), พละ (pá-lá)

#### Adjective

बल • (balá) stem
* strong, robust

##### Declension
#### Noun

बल • (bála) stem, m
* crow
* Crateva adansonii, ( <= Crataeva roxburghii)
* half-ripe barley
* name of a demon conquered by Indra
* name of an elder brother of Krishna
* name of a son of Varuna and brother of Sura
* name of an attendant on स्कन्द (skanda)
* name of a son of अङ्गिरस् (aṅgiras)
* name of a son of परिक्षित् (parikṣit)
* name of a son of परिजात्र (parijātra)
* name of a son of Krishna
* name of a lexicographer (also written वल (vala))
* name of a horse of the Moon

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Variant of वल (valá).

#### Noun

बल • (balá) stem, n
* cavern

##### Synonyms

* वल (valá)