"bālā" meaning in Pali

See bālā in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{head|pi|adjective form}} bālā
  1. inflection of bāla (“young, ignorant”):
    ablative singular masculine/neuter
    Tags: ablative, form-of, masculine, neuter, singular Form of: bāla (extra: (“young, ignorant”):)
    Sense id: en-bālā-pi-adj-eimv-cTc Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 30 10 11 10 3 18 19
  2. inflection of bāla (“young, ignorant”):
    nominative/vocative plural masculine
    Tags: form-of, masculine, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: bāla (extra: (“young, ignorant”):)
    Sense id: en-bālā-pi-adj-rcReRK8T
  3. inflection of bāla (“young, ignorant”):
    nominative feminine singular
    Tags: feminine, form-of, nominative, singular Form of: bāla (extra: (“young, ignorant”):)
    Sense id: en-bālā-pi-adj-~5yT-jQt
  4. inflection of bāla (“young, ignorant”):
    nominative/vocative/accusative feminine plural
    Tags: accusative, feminine, form-of, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: bāla (extra: (“young, ignorant”):)
    Sense id: en-bālā-pi-adj-4PXcUs5f

Noun

Head templates: {{pi-noun|f}} bālā f Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=f}} Forms: feminine [table-tags], bālā [nominative, singular], bālāyo [nominative, plural], bālā [nominative, plural], bālaṃ [accusative, singular], bālāyo [accusative, plural], bālā [accusative, plural], bālāya [instrumental, singular], bālāhi [instrumental, plural], bālābhi [instrumental, plural], bālāya [dative, singular], bālānaṃ [dative, plural], bālāya [ablative, singular], bālāhi [ablative, plural], bālābhi [ablative, plural], bālāya [genitive, singular], bālānaṃ [genitive, plural], bālāya [locative, singular], bālāyaṃ [locative, singular], bālāsu [locative, plural], bāle [singular, vocative], bālāyo [plural, vocative], bālā [plural, vocative]
  1. girl Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-bālā-pi-noun-QxuhxpNn

Noun

Head templates: {{head|pi|noun form}} bālā
  1. ablative singular and nominative/vocative plural of bāla (“child, fool”)
    Sense id: en-bālā-pi-noun-NRMPBEeK
  2. ablative singular and nominative/vocative plural of bāla, an alternative form of vāla (“hair”)
    Sense id: en-bālā-pi-noun-BuCG9~uY

Alternative forms

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  ],
  "section": "Pali",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bālā",
  "trace": ""
}

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