# بال
## Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baː.la/
** (Central Asia) IPA: /boːl/

### Etymology 1

It is explained as reanalysis of بَاءَ لِي (bāʔa lī, “it has come upon me”); predating Arabic literature by a millennium at least since there is Biblical Aramaic בָּל (bāl, “mind, heed”).

#### Noun

بَال • (bāl) m
* mind, state
* attention, mindfulness, heed

##### Derived terms

* مَا بَال (mā bāl)

##### Related terms

* بَالَى (bālā)

### Etymology 2

Denominal verb of بَوْل (bawl, “urine”), itself related by metathesis, univerbation, or another process happening before the record of Arabic, to وَبْل (wabl, “a heavy, large-dropped rain”).

#### Verb

بَالَ • (bāla) I (non-past يَبُولُ (yabūlu), verbal noun بَوْل (bawl))
* to urinate

##### Descendants

* Maltese: biel

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

بَالِ • (bāli) (form III) /baː.li/
* second-person masculine singular imperative of بَالَى (bālā)

### References

* ↑ Cowan, W. (1960). Arabic evidence for Proto-Semitic*/awa/and*/ō. Language, 60-62.
* ↑ Bauer, Hans (1935) “Etymologica I”, in Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete‎ (in German), volume 10, page 1
* ↑ “bl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* ↑ Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 197–198
* Freytag, Georg (1830) “بال”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 174
* Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “بال”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎ (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C$^{ie}$, page 180
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “بال”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
* Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “بال”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 124

## Chagatai
### Etymology

Inherited from Karakhanid بال (bal), from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bal, Bashkir бал (bal), Chuvash пыл (pyl), Kazakh бал (bal), Kyrgyz бал (bal), Ottoman Turkish بال (bal), and Turkmen bal.

### Noun

بال (bal)
* honey
    Synonym: عسل (asal)
* mead

#### Descendants

* Uyghur: بال (bal)
* Uzbek:
    Latin script: bol
    Cyrillic script: бол

### Further reading

* Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “بال”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎ (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 153

## Gujarati
### Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu بال (bāl), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Gujarati) IPA: /ˈbɑl/

### Noun

بال • (bāl) m (Standard Gujarati બાલ) (Lisan ud-Dawat)
* hair
    Synonym: વાળ (vāḷ) (Standard Gujarati)

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic بَال (bāl).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baː.l/

### Noun

بال • (bāl) m
* mind

## Khalaj
### Noun

بال (bâl) (definite accusative بالؽ, plural باللار)
* Arabic spelling of bâl (“wing”)

#### Declension
## Kohistani Shina
### Etymology

Inherited from Shina بال (bál), Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

### Pronunciation

IPA: /báːl/

### Noun

باٗل (baál) m
* child

## Kundal Shahi
### Noun

بال (báal)
* hair

### References

* https://fli-online.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kundal_shahi_introduction.pdf

## Mazanderani
### Etymology

From Mazanderani b’lk’ (bālag, “wing”).

### Noun

بال (bâl)
* hand
* wing

## Moroccan Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːl/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Arabic بَالَ (bāla).

#### Verb

بال • (bāl) I (non-past يبول (ybūl))
* to urinate

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic بَال (bāl).

#### Noun

بال • (bāl) m
* mind, state

##### Related terms

* بالى (bāla)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bạl (“honey”); cognate with Azerbaijani bal, Bashkir бал (bal), Chuvash пыл (pyl), Kazakh бал (bal), Kyrgyz бал (bal), Turkmen bal, Uyghur بال (bal) and Uzbek bol.

#### Noun

بال • (bal)
* honey, a viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees
    Synonyms: انگبین (engübin), عسل (asel)

##### Derived terms

* بال آریسی (bal arısı, “honeybee”)
* بال باشی (bal başı, “the purest honey”)
* بال صاغمق (bal sağmak, “to drain honey from the comb”)
* بال قباغی (bal kabağı, “sweet gourd”)
* بال قوشی (bal kuşu, “honeybird”)
* بال پتكی (bal peteği, “honeycomb”)
* بالجی (balcı, “dealer in honey”)
* باللاندیرمق (ballandırmak, “to praise, gloss over”)
* باللانمق (ballanmak, “to become honey”)
* باللو (ballı, “containing honey”)
* بالمومی (balmumu, “beeswax”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: bal
* → Armenian: պալ (pal)

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bal1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 446
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “بال”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 104b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 245
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Mel”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1026
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بال”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 679
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 333

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَال (bāl, “attention, heed”).

#### Noun

بال • (bâl)
* condition, status, a particular state of being in a specific moment
* attention, care, heed, regard, concern for someone or something
    Synonym: دقت (dikkat)

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bal5”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 447
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “bâl”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 85
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 245
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بال”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, columns 679-680
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 333

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian بال (bâl, “wing”).

#### Noun

بال • (bâl)
* (poetic) wing, the appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly
    Synonym: قنات (kanat)

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bal4”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 447
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “bâl”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 85
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 245
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بال”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 680
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 333

## Persian
### Etymology

From Middle Persian b’lk’ (bālag, “wing”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [bɑːl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bɑːl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bɑːl]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [bɑːl]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [bɔːl̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [bɒːl̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [bɔl]

### Noun

بال • (bâl)
* wing

#### Descendants

* → Khalaj: bâl

## Shina
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /báːl/

### Noun

بال (baál) m
* boy, child

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic بَال (bāl).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːl/, [bæːl]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Noun

بال • (bāl) m
* mind
    طوّل بالك. ― ṭawwel bālak ― Be patient. (literally, “Lengthen your mind.”)
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
    دير بالك. ― dīr bālak ― Be careful. (literally, “Direct your mind.”)
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
    دير بالك على إمّك. ― dīr bālak ʕala ʕimmak ― Take care of your mother.

#### Derived terms

* دار باله (dār bālo, “to be careful”)
* طوّل باله (ṭawwal bālo, “to be patient”)
* طويل البال (ṭawīl il-bāl, “patient”, adj.)
* جاي عباله (jāy ʕa-bālo, “to feel like doing”)

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /bɑːl/
* Audio (Pakistan):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːl

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla).

#### Noun

بال • (bāl) m (Hindi spelling बाल)
* hair

##### Descendants

* → Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati: بال (bāl)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

#### Noun

بال • (bāl) m (Hindi spelling बाल)
* (chiefly in compounds) child
    Synonym: بچہ (baccā)
* young boy

##### Derived terms

* بالی (bālī, “young girl”)
* بال بچے (bāl-bacce, “children”)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian بال (bāl), from Middle Persian b’lk’ (bālag, “wing”).

#### Noun

بال • (bāl) m (Hindi spelling बाल)
* feather
* wing