# ल

| ल | U+0932, &#2354; DEVANAGARI LETTER LA |
| ← ऱ [U+0931] | Devanagari | ळ → [U+0933] |

## Translingual
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lə/ (may vary by language)

### Letter

ल (la)
* traditionally considered the second semivowel of the Devanagari script, but representing a consonant /l/

#### Usage notes

* Linguistically it is considered a lateral dental/alveolar approximant.

## Dhivehi

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lə]

### Letter

ल • (la)
* The fourteenth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /lə/, [lɐ]

### Letter

ल • (la)
* the twenty-eighth consonant in Hindi

#### See also

* Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़

## Marathi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lə/
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

ल • (la)
* The twenty-seventh consonant in Marathi.

## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: ल

### Letter

ल • (la)
* The twenty-eighth consonant in Nepali.

### Particle

ल • (la)
* yes

### Noun

ल • (la)
* a yes

## Sanskrit

* ল (Assamese script)
* ᬮ (Balinese script)
* ল (Bengali script)
* 𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* လ (Burmese script)
* લ (Gujarati script)
* ਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ಲ (Kannada script)
* ល (Khmer script)
* ລ (Lao script)
* ല (Malayalam script)
* ᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐮 (Newa script)
* ଲ (Odia script)
* ꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖩 (Siddham script)
* ල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚥 (Takri script)
* ல (Tamil script)
* ల (Telugu script)
* ล (Thai script)
* ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Alternative scripts

* ল (Assamese script)
* ᬮ (Balinese script)
* ল (Bengali script)
* 𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* လ (Burmese script)
* લ (Gujarati script)
* ਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ಲ (Kannada script)
* ល (Khmer script)
* ລ (Lao script)
* ല (Malayalam script)
* ᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐮 (Newa script)
* ଲ (Odia script)
* ꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖩 (Siddham script)
* ල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚥 (Takri script)
* ல (Tamil script)
* ల (Telugu script)
* ล (Thai script)
* ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /lɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /l̪ɐ/

### Etymology 1
#### Letter

ल • (la)
* the twenty-eighth consonant in Sanskrit
* the third semivowel in Sanskrit, corresponding to the vowels ऌ (ḷ) and ॡ (ḹ)

#### See also

* Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ॠ, ऌ, ॡ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, ऽ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, ळ, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष

### Etymology 2

Coined by Pāṇini.

#### Particle

ल • (la)
* a technical term for all the tenses and moods of a finite verb or for the terminations of those tenses and moods

##### Derived terms

* लकार (lakāra)
* लङ् (laṅ)
* लट् (laṭ)
* लिङ् (liṅ)
* लिट् (liṭ)
* लुङ् (luṅ)
* लुट् (luṭ)
* लेट् (leṭ)
* लोट् (loṭ)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “ल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 891.