बल
Hindi
noun
Definitions
- strength, force
- a military force, army
- emphasis, stress
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit बल (strength, power, vigour, force, etc, might, validity, idem) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (strength, power, cut off, dig).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bel-
Gloss
strength, power, cut off, dig
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
力
Emoji
💪
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- debilis Latin
- большеви́зм Russian
- большой Russian
- βελτίων Ancient Greek
- *bel- Proto-Indo-European
- दुर्बल Sanskrit
- बल Sanskrit
- बलवान् Sanskrit
- *-ьstvo Proto-Slavic
- बलपूर्वक Hindi
- बलवान Hindi
- बलशाली Hindi
- मनोबल Hindi
- พลการ Thai
- պեղեմ Old Armenian
- బలము Telugu
- bala Malay
- bala Pali
- *bálas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ពល Central Khmer
- *bálas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- வலி Tamil
- ಬಲ Kannada
- bala Old Khmer
- बल Old Gujarati
- bala Old Javanese
- ꦧꦭ Old Javanese
- බලය Sinhala, Sinhalese