बल

Sanskrit

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Definitions
  • power, strength, might, vigour, force, validity
  • force or power of articulation
  • force considered as a sixth organ of action
  • Force personified as one of the (विश्वे-देवाः)
  • power of, expertness in (+locative)
  • stoutness, bulkiness
  • (in the plural) military force, troops, an army
  • shape
  • body
  • penis
  • gum
  • blood
  • young shoot
  • bone

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bálas inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bálas inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (strength, power, cut off, dig).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bel-

Gloss

strength, power, cut off, dig

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
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