bāla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bala"

Latvian

Adjective

bāla

1. inflection of bāls:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine

Mandarin

Romanization

bāla (Zhuyin ㄅㄚ ˙ㄌㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 扒拉
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疤瘌
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疤拉

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.la/
• Rhymes: -la
• Homophone: bala
• Hyphenation: bā‧la

Noun

bāla

1. Alternative spelling of wāla

References

• "bāla" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀩𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• बाल (Devanagari script)
• বাল (Bengali script)
• බාල (Sinhalese script)
• ဗာလ or ၿႃလ (Burmese script)
• พาล or พาละ (Thai script)
• ᨻᩣᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ພາລ or ພາລະ (Lao script)
• ពាល (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

Noun

bāla m

1. child
2. fool
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     8. පමාදං අප‍්පමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතො 28
     පඤ‍්ඤාපාසාදමාරුය‍්හ අසොකො සොකිනිං පජං
     පබ‍්බතට‍්ඨො’ව භුම‍්මට‍්ඨෙ ධීරො බාලෙ අවෙක‍්ඛති.

     8. Pamādaṃ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito 28
     Paññāpāsādamāruyha asoko sokiniṃ pajaṃ
     Pabbataṭṭho'va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati.

     8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
     having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
     as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below.

     (literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
     having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
     as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.”)

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Declension

Declension table of "bāla" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bālo	bālā
Accusative (second)	bālaṃ	bāle
Instrumental (third)	bālena	bālehi or bālebhi
Dative (fourth)	bālassa or bālāya or bālatthaṃ	bālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bālasmā or bālamhā or bālā	bālehi or bālebhi
Genitive (sixth)	bālassa	bālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bālasmiṃ or bālamhi or bāle	bālesu
Vocative (calling)	bāla	bālā

Adjective

bāla

1. young
2. ignorant
3. foolish
4. newly-risen (of the sun)

Declension

Declension table of "bāla" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bālo	bālā
Accusative (second)	bālaṃ	bāle
Instrumental (third)	bālena	bālehi or bālebhi
Dative (fourth)	bālassa or bālāya or bālatthaṃ	bālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bālasmā or bālamhā or bālā	bālehi or bālebhi
Genitive (sixth)	bālassa	bālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bālasmiṃ or bālamhi or bāle	bālesu
Vocative (calling)	bāla	bālā

Declension table of "bālā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bālā	bālāyo or bālā
Accusative (second)	bālaṃ	bālāyo or bālā
Instrumental (third)	bālāya	bālāhi or bālābhi
Dative (fourth)	bālāya	bālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bālāya	bālāhi or bālābhi
Genitive (sixth)	bālāya	bālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bālāya or bālāyaṃ	bālāsu
Vocative (calling)	bāle	bālāyo or bālā

Declension table of "bāla" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bālaṃ	bālāni
Accusative (second)	bālaṃ	bālāni
Instrumental (third)	bālena	bālehi or bālebhi
Dative (fourth)	bālassa or bālāya or bālatthaṃ	bālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bālasmā or bālamhā or bālā	bālehi or bālebhi
Genitive (sixth)	bālassa	bālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bālasmiṃ or bālamhi or bāle	bālesu
Vocative (calling)	bāla	bālāni

Derived terms

• bālā (“girl”)

Descendants

• → Khmer: ពាល (piəl)
• → Thai: พาล (paan)

Etymology 2

Byform of vāla (“hair”). The same occasional development is also seen in the byform Sanskrit बाल (bāla) of Sanskrit वाल (vāla, “hair”).

Noun

bāla m

1. Alternative form of vāla (“hair”)

Declension

Declension table of "bāla" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bālo	bālā
Accusative (second)	bālaṃ	bāle
Instrumental (third)	bālena	bālehi or bālebhi
Dative (fourth)	bālassa or bālāya or bālatthaṃ	bālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bālasmā or bālamhā or bālā	bālehi or bālebhi
Genitive (sixth)	bālassa	bālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bālasmiṃ or bālamhi or bāle	bālesu
Vocative (calling)	bāla	bālā

Descendants

• → Thai: พาล (paan)