"बाल्य" meaning in Sanskrit

See बाल्य in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɑːl.jɐ/ [Vedic], /bɑːl̪.jɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From बाल (bāla, “child”) + -य (-ya). Etymology templates: {{suf|sa|बाल|य|t1=child}} बाल (bāla, “child”) + -य (-ya) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=n}} बाल्य • (bālya) stem, n Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-n}} Forms: bālya [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], बाल्यम् [nominative, singular], बाल्ये [dual, nominative], बाल्यानि [nominative, plural], बाल्या1 [nominative, plural], बाल्यम् [accusative, singular], बाल्ये [accusative, dual], बाल्यानि [accusative, plural], बाल्या1 [accusative, plural], बाल्येन [instrumental, singular], बाल्याभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], बाल्यैः [instrumental, plural], बाल्येभिः1 [instrumental, plural], बाल्याय [dative, singular], बाल्याभ्याम् [dative, dual], बाल्येभ्यः [dative, plural], बाल्यात् [ablative, singular], बाल्याभ्याम् [ablative, dual], बाल्येभ्यः [ablative, plural], बाल्यस्य [genitive, singular], बाल्ययोः [dual, genitive], बाल्यानाम् [genitive, plural], बाल्ये [locative, singular], बाल्ययोः [dual, locative], बाल्येषु [locative, plural], बाल्य [singular, vocative], बाल्ये [dual, vocative], बाल्यानि [plural, vocative], बाल्या1 [plural, vocative]
  1. boyhood, childhood, infancy Synonyms: शैशव, बाल्यकाल
    Sense id: en-बाल्य-sa-noun-j95J8LEE Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms suffixed with -य, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 61 39 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms suffixed with -य: 73 27 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 71 29
  2. crescent state (of the moon)
    Sense id: en-बाल्य-sa-noun-9hzuyzZr
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        "3": "य",
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      },
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      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From बाल (bāla, “child”) + -य (-ya).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "bālya",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्यम्",
      "roman": "bālyam",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्ये",
      "roman": "bālye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्यानि",
      "roman": "bālyāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्या1",
      "roman": "bālyā1",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्यम्",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्ये",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्यानि",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्या1",
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    {
      "form": "बाल्येन",
      "roman": "bālyena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्याभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bālyābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्यैः",
      "roman": "bālyaiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्येभिः1",
      "roman": "bālyebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्याय",
      "roman": "bālyāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्याभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bālyābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्येभ्यः",
      "roman": "bālyebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्यात्",
      "roman": "bālyāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्याभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bālyābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्येभ्यः",
      "roman": "bālyebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्यस्य",
      "roman": "bālyasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्ययोः",
      "roman": "bālyayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्यानाम्",
      "roman": "bālyānām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्ये",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्येषु",
      "roman": "bālyeṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्य",
      "roman": "bālya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "bālye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्यानि",
      "roman": "bālyāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्या1",
      "roman": "bālyā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "बाल्य • (bālya) stem, n",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "71 29",
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        "boyhood, childhood, infancy"
      ],
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          "boyhood",
          "boyhood"
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        [
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          "childhood"
        ],
        [
          "infancy",
          "infancy"
        ]
      ],
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          "word": "शैशव"
        },
        {
          "word": "बाल्यकाल"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "crescent state (of the moon)"
      ],
      "id": "en-बाल्य-sa-noun-9hzuyzZr",
      "links": [
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          "crescent",
          "crescent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑːl.jɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑːl̪.jɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "बाल्य"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Sanskrit neuter nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit terms suffixed with -य",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations"
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      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From बाल (bāla, “child”) + -य (-ya).",
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "बाल्या1",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "बाल्यम्",
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    },
    {
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    {
      "form": "बाल्यानि",
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्येन",
      "roman": "bālyena",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्याभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bālyābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्यैः",
      "roman": "bālyaiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्येभिः1",
      "roman": "bālyebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "bālyāya",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्याभ्याम्",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्यात्",
      "roman": "bālyāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्याभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bālyābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्येभ्यः",
      "roman": "bālyebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्यस्य",
      "roman": "bālyasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्ययोः",
      "roman": "bālyayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्यानाम्",
      "roman": "bālyānām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्ये",
      "roman": "bālye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्ययोः",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्येषु",
      "roman": "bālyeṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्य",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्ये",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्यानि",
      "roman": "bālyāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बाल्या1",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "बाल्य • (bālya) stem, n",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      ],
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          "boyhood"
        ],
        [
          "childhood",
          "childhood"
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          "infancy"
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          "word": "शैशव"
        },
        {
          "word": "बाल्यकाल"
        }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "crescent state (of the moon)"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "crescent",
          "crescent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑːl.jɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑːl̪.jɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "बाल्य"
}

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