ពាល

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ពាល
bāl
WT romanisation piəl
(standard) IPA(key) /piəl/

Etymology 1

From Pali bāla (young, ignorant), from Sanskrit बाल (bāla, young, foolish).

Adjective

ពាល • (piəl) (abstract noun ភាពពាល)

  1. to be young, soft, tender
  2. to be immature
  3. to be ignorant
  4. to be foolish, silly, brash

Etymology 2

From Pali vāla (malicious), from Sanskrit व्याल (vyāla, malicious).

Adjective

ពាល • (piəl) (abstract noun ភាពពាល)

  1. to be evil, bad, wicked, mean
  2. to be delinquent

Noun

ពាល • (piəl)

  1. wicked person

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit बाल (bāla, newly risen, waxing).

Adjective

ពាល • (piəl) (abstract noun ភាពពាល)

  1. to be newly risen, early (as the sun)
  2. to be new, waxing (as the moon)

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ពាល m

  1. Khmer script form of bāla (child, fool)
  2. Khmer script form of bāla (hair)

Declension

Adjective

ពាល

  1. Khmer script form of bāla (young)

Declension