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dal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɑːl/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi दाल (dāl) or Bengali ডাল (ḍal).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.
2. (countable, uncountable) A dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc.
   • A stout Burmese woman, wife of a constable, was kneeling outside the cage ladling rice and watery dahl into tin pannikins. 1934, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Burmese Days:
3. (countable, uncountable) A tropical herb with yellow flowers; the pigeon pea.

Forms

Deriveds

masoor dal · dal tarka · urad dal · dal bhat · chana dal

Relateds

dal segno

Synonyms

pulse · legume

Translations (30)

te పప్పు (a dried husked pulse) · ta பருப்புக்கறி (dish) · af dhal (a dried husked pulse) · ta பருப்பு (a dried husked pulse) · ml പരിപ്പ് (a dried husked pulse) · gu દાળ (a dried husked pulse) · pa ਦਾਲ (a dried husked pulse) · as দাইল (a dried husked pulse) · ru даа́л (a dried husked pulse) · bn ডাইল (a dried husked pulse) · ja ダール (a dried husked pulse) · ru дал (a dried husked pulse) · si පරිප්පු (a dried husked pulse) · bn ডাল (a dried husked pulse) · fa دال (a dried husked pulse) · ml പരിപ്പുകറി (dish) · ur دال (a dried husked pulse) · ta கந்தி (a dried husked pulse) · ml പരിപ്പ് (dish) · hi दाल (a dried husked pulse) · ne दाल (a dried husked pulse) · hi दाल (dish) · fa دالعدس (a dried husked pulse) · as ডালি (a dried husked pulse) · pl dal (a dried husked pulse) · pa ਦਾਲ਼ (a dried husked pulse) · af dhal (dish) · pl dal (dish) · mfe dal (a dried husked pulse) · kn ತೊವ್ವೆ (a dried husked pulse)