"bal" meaning in Romani

See bal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: bala [nominative, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), from Sanskrit वाल (vāla). Cognate with Hindi बाल (bāl), Punjabi ਵਾਲ (vāl, “hair”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|rom|pra-sau|𑀯𑀸𑀮|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), {{inh+|rom|pra-sau|𑀯𑀸𑀮}} Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮 (vāla), {{inh|rom|sa|वाल}} Sanskrit वाल (vāla), {{cog|hi|बाल}} Hindi बाल (bāl), {{cog|pa|ਵਾਲ||hair}} Punjabi ਵਾਲ (vāl, “hair”) Head templates: {{head|rom|noun|nominative plural|bala|g=m}} bal m (nominative plural bala)
  1. a single hair Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bal-rom-noun-O1WyMtKg Categories (other): Romani entries with incorrect language header, Anatomy Disambiguation of Romani entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 50 50
  2. (in the plural) hair Tags: in-plural, masculine
    Sense id: en-bal-rom-noun-TcIVm7oF Categories (other): Romani entries with incorrect language header, Anatomy, Hair Disambiguation of Romani entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 50 50 Disambiguation of Hair: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: balalo
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      },
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          ],
          "english": "My hair is black",
          "ref": "2002 July, Milena Hübschmannová, “Origin of Roma”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2014:",
          "text": "mire bala kale hin",
          "translation": "My hair is black",
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    "Romani nouns",
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    "Romani terms derived from Sauraseni Prakrit",
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    },
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      },
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    },
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      "form": "bala",
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        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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          "text": "mire bala kale hin",
          "translation": "My hair is black",
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        }
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        "(in the plural) hair"
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}

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