bala
Pali
alt
Definitions
- strength
- power
- force
- army, military force
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit बल (strength, power, vigour, force, etc, might, validity, idem).
Origin
Sanskrit
बल
Gloss
strength, power, vigour, force, etc, might, validity, idem
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
- တံခါးဗိုလ် Burmese
- ပညာ Burmese
- ပညာဗလ Burmese
- ဗလ Burmese
- ဗိုလ် Burmese
- ဗိုလ်ကျ Burmese
- မဟာ Burmese
- မဟာပညာဗလ Burmese
- catu Pali
- mahā Pali
- paññā Pali
- teja Pali
- thāma Pali
- ថាមពល Central Khmer
- 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