हल

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦəl/, [ɦɐl]
• Rhymes: -əl

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀳𑀮 (hala), from Sanskrit हल (hala), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₁ol-.

हल • (hal) m (Urdu spelling ہل)

1. plough, plow

   Synonyms: नांगल (nāṅgal), लांगल (lāṅgal)

   खेती हल के बिना कैसे हो सकती है?

   khetī hal ke binā kaise ho saktī hai?

   How can farming be done with the plough?

• हल चलाना (hal calānā, “to plough”)

Borrowed from Arabic حَلّ (ḥall).

हल • (hal) m (Urdu spelling حل)

1. solution, resolution

• हल करना (hal karnā, “to solve”)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

From Sanskrit हल (hala).

हल • (hal) ?

1. plough

• नांगर (nāṅgar)
• अऊत (aūt)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰHalás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰHalás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₁ol- (“pole, bar of wood”). Cognate with Old Armenian ձող (joł, “pole, bar”) and Lithuanian žúolis (“railroad tie”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ.lɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɐ.l̪ɐ/

हल • (halá) stem, m

1. plough

Masculine a-stem declension of हल (hala)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हलः halaḥ	हलौ / हला¹ halau / halā¹	हलाः / हलासः¹ halāḥ / halāsaḥ¹
Vocative	हल hala	हलौ / हला¹ halau / halā¹	हलाः / हलासः¹ halāḥ / halāsaḥ¹
Accusative	हलम् halam	हलौ / हला¹ halau / halā¹	हलान् halān
Instrumental	हलेन halena	हलाभ्याम् halābhyām	हलैः / हलेभिः¹ halaiḥ / halebhiḥ¹
Dative	हलाय halāya	हलाभ्याम् halābhyām	हलेभ्यः halebhyaḥ
Ablative	हलात् halāt	हलाभ्याम् halābhyām	हलेभ्यः halebhyaḥ
Genitive	हलस्य halasya	हलयोः halayoḥ	हलानाम् halānām
Locative	हले hale	हलयोः halayoḥ	हलेषु haleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: haw
• Pali: hala
• Prakrit: 𑀳𑀮 (hala) (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Javanese: hala (see there for further descendants)
• → Tamil: அலம் (alam)
• → Telugu: హలము (halamu)