vāla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vala"

Pali

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit वाल (vāla). Although both Pali and documented Sanskrit have a by-form with initial b- (bāla and बाल (bāla)), the by-forms need not be a common inheritance.

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• वाल (Devanagari script)
• ৰাল (Bengali script)
• වාල (Sinhalese script)
• ဝါလ or ဝႃလ (Burmese script)
• วาล or วาละ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩤᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ວາລ or ວາລະ (Lao script)
• វាល (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• वाल (Devanagari script)
• ৰাল (Bengali script)
• වාල (Sinhalese script)
• ဝါလ or ဝႃလ (Burmese script)
• วาล or วาละ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩤᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ວາລ or ວາລະ (Lao script)
• វាល (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

Noun

vāla m

1. hair of the tail
2. horsehair
3. tail

Declension

Declension table of "vāla" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vālo	vālā
Accusative (second)	vālaṃ	vāle
Instrumental (third)	vālena	vālehi or vālebhi
Dative (fourth)	vālassa or vālāya or vālatthaṃ	vālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vālasmā or vālamhā or vālā	vālehi or vālebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vālassa	vālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vālasmiṃ or vālamhi or vāle	vālesu
Vocative (calling)	vāla	vālā

Derived terms

• vālin (“hairy-tailed”)

Descendants

• → Khmer: វាល (viəlĕəʼ, “hair”)
• → Thai: พาล (paan, “body hair”)

Etymology 2

Apparently inherited from Sanskrit व्याल (vyāla). However, both these forms look like Prakritisations of vāḷa (“a type of savage animal”) and its apparent source Sanskrit व्याड (vyāḍa), so relationships may be more complex.

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• वाल (Devanagari script)
• ৰাল (Bengali script)
• වාල (Sinhalese script)
• ဝါလ or ဝႃလ (Burmese script)
• วาล or วาละ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩤᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ວາລ or ວາລະ (Lao script)
• វាល (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

Adjective

vāla

1. malicious, troublesome, difficult

Declension

Declension table of "vāla" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vālo	vālā
Accusative (second)	vālaṃ	vāle
Instrumental (third)	vālena	vālehi or vālebhi
Dative (fourth)	vālassa or vālāya or vālatthaṃ	vālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vālasmā or vālamhā or vālā	vālehi or vālebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vālassa	vālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vālasmiṃ or vālamhi or vāle	vālesu
Vocative (calling)	vāla	vālā

Declension table of "vāla" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vālaṃ	vālāni
Accusative (second)	vālaṃ	vālāni
Instrumental (third)	vālena	vālehi or vālebhi
Dative (fourth)	vālassa or vālāya or vālatthaṃ	vālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vālasmā or vālamhā or vālā	vālehi or vālebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vālassa	vālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vālasmiṃ or vālamhi or vāle	vālesu
Vocative (calling)	vāla	vālāni

Descendants

• → Khmer: ពាល (piəl, “wicked”)
• → Thai: พาล (paan, “cruel”)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vāla”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead