ពល
Khmer
noun
Definitions
- strength; force
- army troops; forces
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit बल (strength, power, vigour, force, etc, might, validity, idem) borrowed from Pali bala (strength, power, force).
Origin
Pali
bala
Gloss
strength, power, force
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
- *bel- Proto-Indo-European
- दुर्बल Sanskrit
- बल Sanskrit
- बल Hindi
- จตุพล Thai
- ชุมพร Thai
- พล Thai
- พลการ Thai
- พลขับ Thai
- พลเดช Thai
- เสร็จศึกฆ่าขุนพล Thai
- బలము Telugu
- bala Malay
- ပညာဗလ Burmese
- ဗလ Burmese
- ဗိုလ် Burmese
- မဟာပညာဗလ Burmese
- bala Pali
- thāma Pali
- ហយពល Central Khmer
- ហយៈ 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