# बिडाल
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* विडाल (viḍāla), विराल (virāla)

### Alternative scripts

* বিডাল (Assamese script)
* ᬩᬶᬟᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
* বিডাল (Bengali script)
* 𑰤𑰰𑰚𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀩𑀺𑀟𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* ဗိဍာလ (Burmese script)
* બિડાલ (Gujarati script)
* ਬਿਡਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌬𑌿𑌡𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦧꦶꦝꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂥𑂱𑂙𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ಬಿಡಾಲ (Kannada script)
* ពិឌាល (Khmer script)
* ພິຑາລ (Lao script)
* ബിഡാല (Malayalam script)
* ᠪᡳᡷᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘤𑘱𑘚𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠢᢎᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧄𑧒𑦺𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐧𑐶𑐜𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
* ବିଡାଲ (Odia script)
* ꢨꢶꢞꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆧𑆴𑆝𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖤𑖰𑖚𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
* බිඩාල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩲𑩑𑩨𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚠𑚮𑚖𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
* பி³ட³ால (Tamil script)
* బిడాల (Telugu script)
* พิฑาล (Thai script)
* བི་ཌཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒥𑒱𑒛𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨠𑨁𑨖𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Konda-Dora [script needed] (biṛp-, “to blink”), Tulu ಬುಳಾವು (buḷāvu, “to open as the eyes”), Tamil விழி (viḻi, “eye”). The cat meaning is derived from "eyeball"; compare नेत्रपिण्ड (netrapiṇḍa), another word meaning both "cat" and "eyeball" though the literal meaning is just eyeball.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bi.ɖɑː.lɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /biˈɖɑː.l̪ɐ/

### Noun

बिडाल • (biḍāla) stem, m
* cat (especially a male one)
* eyeball
* remedy for the eye

#### Derived terms

* बिडालिका (biḍālikā)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalasha: birạ̃́u
** Kashmiri: brọrᵘ
    Arabic script: برۄرُ
    Devanagari script: ब्रौरु
* Pali: biḷāla
* Prakrit: 𑀩𑀺𑀟𑀸𑀮 (biḍāla), 𑀩𑀺𑀮𑀸𑀮 (bilāla)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Awadhi: बिलारी (bilārī)
**** Gujarati: બિલાડો (bilāḍo), બિલાડું (bilāḍũ)
**** Hindustani: billā
***** Hindi: बिराड़, बिल्ला
***** Urdu: بِلَار (bilār), بلا
**** Romani: blári, brári
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: বিড়াল (biral)
**** Bengali: বিড়াল (biṛal)
**** Bihari:
***** Bhojpuri: बिलार (bilār)
***** Maithili: बिलार (bilār)
**** Odia: ବିଡ଼ାଳ (biṛāḷa), ବିଲାଳ (bilāḷa), ବିଲାର (bilāra), ବିରାଲ (birāla), ବିରାଡ଼ି (birāṛi), ବିଲାଇ (bilāi)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Garhwali: बिराळी (birāḷī)
***** Kumaoni: बिरालू (birālū), बिराली (birālī), बिरलाऊ (birlāū), बिराउ (birāu)
**** Eastern Pahari:
***** Doteli: बिल्लो (billo)
***** Nepali: बिरालो (birālo)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ބުޅާ (buḷā), ބުޅައު (buḷau), ބެޅަލް (beḷal) — Mulaku, ބެޅައް (beḷak̊) — Addu
**** Sinhalese: බළලා (baḷalā)
** Western:
*** Takka Apabhramsa:
**** Punjabi: billā
    Gurmukhi script: ਬਿੱਲਾ
    Shahmukhi script: بِلَّا
***** Lahnda: بلا (billā)
*** Vracada Apabhramsa:
**** Sindhi: ḇilo
    Arabic script: ٻِلو
    Devanagari script: ॿिलो
* → Malayalam: ബിഡാലം (biḍālaṁ)
* → Telugu: బిడాలము (biḍālamu)

### References

* ↑ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 492.

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “बिडाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 731/1.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bidala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 522
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 357
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 429-430