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 वाल (vāla, “hair of an animal's tail”)

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 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

Adjective

ពាល

  1. Khmer script form of bāla
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