dal

From da (“deca-”) +‎ l (“litre”).

• daL

dal

1. (metrology) Symbol for decalitre, an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10¹ litres.

Abbreviation of English Dahalo.

dal

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Dahalo.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dahalo terms

• dahl, dhal, daal, dholl, doll

Borrowed from Hindi दाल (dāl) or Bengali ডাল (ḍal).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɑːl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːl

dal (countable and uncountable, plural dals)

1. Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.
2. A dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc.
   • 1934, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Burmese Days‎^[4]:

     A stout Burmese woman, wife of a constable, was kneeling outside the cage ladling rice and watery dahl into tin pannikins.

3. A tropical herb with yellow flowers; the pigeon pea.

• legume
• pulse

• dal segno (different etymology)

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “dal”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

• ADL, LDA, DLA, LAD, ALD, Ald., lad

From Middle Dutch dal, from Old Dutch dal, from Proto-West Germanic *dal (“valley, dale”).

• IPA^(key): [dɑl]

• Audio:

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dal (plural dale)

1. dale, valley

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

From Proto-Albanian *dala, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“to spring forth, flourish”). Compare Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to grow, bloom, thrive”),^[1] Welsh deillio (“to emanate, derive”).^[2]

dal (aorist dola, participle dalë) (active)

1. (active voice) to exit, go out
2. (active voice) to leave

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

dílet (aorist -, participle dalë) (passive)

1. (passive voice, impersonal, third person) to come; to do come

• hyj

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[5], 1980
• “dal”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “dal”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[6], Oxford: Oxford University Press

• IPA^(key): [dɑɫ]

• Audio (Baku):

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Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish طالو (ṭalu), from Middle Mongol ᠳᠠᠯᠤ (tʾlw /⁠dalu⁠/). Cognate with Chagatai دالو (dʾlw /⁠dalu⁠/), dialectal Turkish dal (“back; arm; shoulder”), Kyrgyz далы (dalı, “shoulder blade”).^[1]

dal (definite accusative dalı, plural dallar)

1. back, rear

   Synonyms: arxa, ard

   Antonyms: qabaq, ön

2. (anatomy) back

   Synonyms: bel, kürək

3. bottom, buttocks, nates, posterior, seat

   Synonym: (vulgar) göt

4. (dated) end

   Synonym: son

5. (colloquial) sequel, continuation; something which is continued

   Synonyms: ard, davam

• dalında
• dalınca

• Sevortjan, E. V. (1980), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Nauka, pages 131-132

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish طال (dal), from Proto-Common Turkic *tāl.

dal (definite accusative dalı, plural dallar)

1. (poetic) branch

   Synonym: budaq

Borrowed from Arabic دَال (dāl).

dal (definite accusative dalı, plural dallar)

1. the Arabic letter د

• “dal” in Obastan.com.

• IPA^(key): /ta˨˦/

From Proto-Tai *taːᴬ (“maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Shan တႃ (tǎa), Zhuang da.

dal

1. maternal grandfather

From Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (“eye”). Cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Northern Thai ᨲᩣ, Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Tai Dam ꪔꪱ, Shan တႃ (tǎa), Aiton တ︀ႃ (tā), Ahom 𑜄𑜠 (ta) or 𑜄𑜡 (tā), Southern Kam dal, Zhuang da. Compare Old Chinese 睹 (*taːʔ, “to see”).

dal

1. eye

• IPA^(key): [ˈdal]

dal

1. masculine singular past active participle of dát

From Old Danish dal, from Old Norse dalr (“valley”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdæːˀl]

dal c (singular definite dalen, plural indefinite dale)

1. dale, valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dal

1. imperative of dale

• “dal” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /dɑl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: dal
• Rhymes: -ɑl
• Homophone: Dal

From Middle Dutch dal, from Old Dutch dal, from Proto-West Germanic *dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

dal n (plural dalen, diminutive dalletje n)

1. valley

• gletsjerdal
• rivierdal
• tranendal

• Afrikaans: dal

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

dal m (plural dallen, diminutive dalletje n)

1. a type of stone to pave the floor with, flagstone

From Old Norse dalr.

dal m

1. valley

From Latin dāre (“to give”).

dal

1. to give

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish طال (dal), from Proto-Turkic *tāl; compare Turkish and Azerbaijani dal.

• IPA^(key): /dal/

dal (definite accusative dalı, plural dallar)

1. (botany) branch

   Synonym: budak

2. twig
3. (grammar) subordinate

   dal cümlä ― subodinate clause

• Ciachir, Mihail (1938), “dal”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 39
• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “дал”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 130
• Çebotar, Petri; Dron, Ion (2002), “dal”, in Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary]‎^[7], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, pages 175-176
• Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “dal”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 49
• András Rajki, A Concise Gagauz Dictionary with etymologies and Turkish, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar and Turkmen cognates, 2007

dal

1. romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌻

dal (definite daláay)

1. sandhill crane

An onomatopoeia. It is also possible that it is a back-formation from dalol.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒl]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɒl

dal (plural dalok)

1. song

   Synonyms: ének, nóta; see also Thesaurus:ének

• dal in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• dal in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

dal

1. inflection of dalur:
   1. indefinite accusative singular
   2. indefinite dative singular

dal

1. contraction of da +‎ il; from the
2. since

   dal 1963 ― since 1963

From da +‎ l.

dal

1. from the (masculine singular)

• dol, dholl

From Hindi दाल (dāl).

• IPA^(key): [dal]

dal

1. any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils; dahl
2. a dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc.

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 71
• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 225

From Old Dutch dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

dal n or m

1. valley
2. dip, lower area in the landscape
3. hole

• dālen

• Dutch: dal
  • Afrikaans: dal
• Limburgish: daal

• “dal”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “dal”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtal/

dal

1. now

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[8], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

From Old Norse dalr (“dale, valley”).

dal m (definite singular dalen, indefinite plural daler, definite plural dalene)

1. a valley

From Old Norse dalr. Cognate with English dale.

• IPA^(key): /dɑːl/

dal m (definite singular dalen, indefinite plural dalar, definite plural dalane)

1. a valley

• “dal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• del, dau, deu

dal

1. Contraction of de + lo

From Proto-Germanic *dalą.

dal n

1. valley

• Middle Dutch: dal
  • Dutch: dal
    • Afrikaans: dal
  • Limburgish: daal

• “dal”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• ġedāl

From Proto-Germanic *dailą.

• IPA^(key): /dɑːl/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl

dāl n

1. division

• Middle English: dol, dal, dail, doil
  • English: dole
  • Yola: dole, daal

dal

1. accusative/dative singular of dalr

From Proto-West Germanic *dal.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɑl

dal n

1. valley

• Middle Low German: dal
  • Low German: Daal
    • German Low German: Daal

• ᚦᛆᛚ

From Old Norse dalr, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

dal m

1. valley

nom_sg=dal

• Swedish: dal c

The conjugation of this verb in Papiamentu follows that of former Dutch verbs.

Therefore more probably from Dutch douwen (“push”).

And less probably from Spanish dale: da + le ("give it").

dal

1. to hit
2. to beat

• IPA^(key): /ˈdal/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: dal
• Homophone: Dal

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dalь.

• dol m inan (Zagórze)

dal f

1. (literary) distance (space located at a very large distance)

   Synonym: oddal

   z dala ― from a distance/from afar/from far away

   skok w dal ― long jump

Borrowed from Hindi दाल (dāl).

dal f

1. dal (Indian lentil dish)

• “dal”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[9] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “dal”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[10] (in Polish)

dal

1. feminine plural of da (“from; by”) (used before a consonant)

Cognate with Azerbaijani dal (“branch”).

• IPA^(key): [tɑl]

dal

1. tree

• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985), “dal”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[11], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 25
• 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chaoke] (2014), “dal”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎^[12], 1^st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 105

• IPA^(key): /ta⁵⁵/

dal

1. eye

dal

1. romanization of 𒊑

From Old Swedish dal, from Old Norse dalr.

dal c

1. valley, dale

• berg- och dalbana
• dalgång

• “dal”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “dal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “dal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دال (dal), from Old Anatolian Turkish طال (dal), from Proto-Turkic *tāl.

Cognate with Azerbaijani and Gagauz dal, Kazakh тал (tal), Kyrgyz тал (tal), Tatar тал (tal), Turkmen tal, and Yakut талах (talaq).

• IPA^(key): /daɫ/

dal (definite accusative dalı, plural dallar)

1. (botany) branch
2. arm

   Synonym: kol

3. branch, a line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.

   Synonyms: branş, kol

4. (taxonomy) phylum

   Synonym: şube

5. (slang) cigarette, joint
6. (Kocaeli, Zonguldak) horn

   Synonym: boynuz

7. (Ankara) tree

   Synonym: ağaç

8. (İzmir) acorn tree
9. (Afyonkarahisar, Isparta, Denizli, Burdur) rafters placed on roofs

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Old Anatolian Turkish طالو (ṭalu), of Mongolic origin. Compare Azerbaijani dal.

dal (definite accusative dalı, plural dallar)(dialectal)

1. (Isparta, Denizli, İzmir, Çanakkale, Bursa, Eskişehir, Çorum, Samsun, Tokat, Gümüşhane, Amasya, Artvin, Kars, Erzincan, Ağrı, Van, Muş, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Elazığ, Malatya, Ankara, Kayseri, Niğde, Konya, Adana, Mersin) back, rear

   Synonyms: sırt, arka

2. (Bursa, Kars, Konya, Erzurum, Sivas, Samsun, Çorum) arm

   Synonym: kol

3. (Afyonkarahisar, Eskişehir, Çorum, Amasya, Tokat, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Artvin, Kars, Erzincan, Van, Gaziantep, Ankara, Kırşehir, Kayseri, Niğde, Konya, Adana) shoulder

   Synonym: omuz

4. neck

   Synonyms: boyun, ense

5. (Kars) back

   Synonyms: arka, peş, geri

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دال, from Arabic دَال (dāl).

• IPA^(key): /dal/

dal

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: د

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دال (dal), from Old Anatolian Turkish دال (dal), further etymology unknown.

dal

1. bare, naked
2. (Erzurum) thin (of an animal)

   Synonyms: ince, zayıf

Compare Kazakh дәл (däl), Bashkir дәл (däl). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

dal

1. exactly, precisely

   Synonym: tam

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dal (definite accusative dalı, plural dallar)

1. (dialectal) clipping of dalga

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dal

1. second-person singular imperative of dalmak

• “dal”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “dal”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “dal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Eren, Hasan (1999), “dal”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎^[13] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi
• “dal”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982

• IPA^(key): /dal/
• Rhymes: -al

From Middle Welsh daly, from Proto-Brythonic *dalɣ-, from Proto-Celtic *dalsketi and *delgeti, from Proto-Indo-European *delgʰ- (“to become fixed”).^[1] Cognate with Latin indulgeo.^[2]

dal (first-person singular present daliaf)

1. (North Wales) to catch
2. (North Wales) to capture
3. (North Wales) to hold
4. to continue

• dala (South Wales)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dal

1. soft mutation of tal