बल
Sanskrit
alt
Definitions
- power, strength, might, vigour, force, validity
- force or power of articulation
- force considered as a sixth organ of action
- Force personified as one of the (विश्वे-देवाः)
- power of, expertness in (+locative)
- stoutness, bulkiness
- (in the plural) military force, troops, an army
- shape
- body
- penis
- gum
- blood
- young shoot
- bone
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bálas inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bálas inherited 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
- habilis Latin
- debil German
- debole Italian
- débile French
- большеви́зм Russian
- большой Russian
- βελτίων Ancient Greek
- *bel- Proto-Indo-European
- debil Swedish
- debil Polish
- bálas Sanskrit
- उदुम्बर Sanskrit
- दुर्बल Sanskrit
- debil Danish
- *-ьstvo Proto-Slavic
- debil Czech
- दुबला Hindi
- दुर्बल Hindi
- बल Hindi
- बलपूर्वक Hindi
- बलवान Hindi
- बलशाली Hindi
- मनोबल Hindi
- จตุพล Thai
- พล Thai
- พลการ Thai
- พลเดช Thai
- โดยพลการ Thai
- bala Indonesian
- պեղեմ Old Armenian
- చతురంగబలము Telugu
- పదాతిబలము Telugu
- ప్రబలము Telugu
- బలము Telugu
- bala Malay
- ပညာဗလ Burmese
- ဗလ Burmese
- ဗိုလ် Burmese
- မဟာပညာဗလ Burmese
- დებილი Georgian
- 優曇婆羅 Chinese
- bala Pali
- thāma Pali
- દૂબળું Gujarati
- *bálas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ពល Central Khmer
- ហយពល Central Khmer
- *bálas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- வலி Tamil
- débol Dalmatian
- bala Javanese
- ꦧꦭ Javanese
- ಬಲ Kannada
- bala Old Khmer
- बल Old Gujarati
- bala Old Javanese
- ꦧꦭ Old Javanese
- බලය Sinhala, Sinhalese