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Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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From the root ج و ل (j-w-l). Compare Hebrew גַּל (gal, wave, tide).

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Verb

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جَالَ (jāla) I (non-past يَجُولُ (yajūlu), verbal noun جَوْل (jawl) or جَوْلَة (jawla) or جَوَلَا (jawalā))

  1. to wander, to travel, to roam, to pass, to go around and through
    1. (of an idea, thought) to come to mind; to think
      مَا الَّذِي يَجُولُ فِي ذِهْنِكِ؟mā llaḏī yajūlu fī ḏihniki?What is on your mind?
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Etymology 1.2

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Noun

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جَال (jālm (plural أَجْوَال (ʔajwāl))

  1. edge, (of well, valley, sea, etc), shore
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Descendants
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  • Gulf Arabic: جال (jāl, shore, beach)

Bulgar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yāĺ.

Noun

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جال (cāl)

  1. (Volga Bulgar) year

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References

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  • A Volga Bulgarıan Inscription From 1307 A. Róna-tas, page 162 [1]

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindustani جال / जाल (jāl), from Sanskrit जाल (jāla).

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Readings
Dari reading? jāl

Noun

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جال (jāl) (Dari)

  1. net

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Punjabi

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Sanskrit जाल (jāla). Compare Hindi जाल (jāl) and Urdu جال (jāl).

Noun

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جاࣇ (jāḷm (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਾਲ or ਜਾਲ਼)

  1. net
  2. (figuratively) trap
    اوْہ آپݨے جال وِچّ ہی پَھسّ جاݨ گے۔
    oh āpṇe jāl vicc hī phass jāṇ ge.
    They will fall into their own trap.
    (literally, “They own trap in too stuck will be.”)
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Declension of جال
dir. sg. جال (jāl)
dir. pl. جال (jāl)
singular plural
direct جال (jāl) جال (jāl)
oblique جال (jāl) جالاں (jālāṉ)
vocative جالا (jālā) جالو (jālo)
ablative جالوں (jāloṉ) جالاں (jālāṉ)
locative جالے (jāle) جالِیں (jālīṉ)
instrumental جالوں (jāloṉ)

Etymology 2

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Corrupted from یال.

Noun

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جال (jālm (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਾਲ)

  1. Alternative form of یال

References

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  • جال”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جال”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit जाल (jāla). Cognate with Assamese জাল (zal), Punjabi ਜਾਲ਼ (jāḷ), Sinhalese දැල (dæla).

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Noun

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جال (jālm (Hindi spelling जाल)

  1. net
  2. (figuratively) trap, snare
  3. (rare) web, spider web
    Synonym: جالا (jālā)
  4. (computing, neologism) net, network, web

Declension

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    Declension of جال
singular plural
direct جال (jāl) جال (jāl)
oblique جال (jāl) جالوں (jālõ)
vocative جال (jāl) جالو (jālo)

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References

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  • جال”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • جال”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.