दयालु

Hindi

Alternative forms

दयालू (dayālū)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दयालु (dayālu). By surface analysis, दया (dayā) +‎ -आलु (-ālu).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.jɑː.luː/, [d̪ɐ.jäː.luː]

Adjective

दयालु • (dayālu) (indeclinable)

kind, compassionate
Synonyms: कृपालु (kŕpālu), दयावान् (dayāvān)

Derived terms

दयालुता (dayālutā)

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “दयालु”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2216
Bahri, Hardev (1989), “दयालु”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 300.
Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “दयालु”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 305
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दयालू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 479

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

দয়ালু (Assamese script)
ᬤᬬᬵᬮᬸ (Balinese script)
দয়ালু (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰧𑰯𑰩𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀬𑀸𑀮𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ဒယာလု (Burmese script)
દયાલુ (Gujarati script)
ਦਯਾਲੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑌯𑌾𑌲𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦪꦴꦭꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂨𑂰𑂪𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ದಯಾಲು (Kannada script)
ទយាលុ (Khmer script)
ທຍາລຸ (Lao script)
ദയാലു (Malayalam script)
ᡩᠠᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘧𑘰𑘩𑘳 (Modi script)
ᢑᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠯᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑧇𑧑𑧉𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐫𑐵𑐮𑐸 (Newa script)
ଦଯାଲୁ (Odia script)
ꢣꢫꢵꢭꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆪𑆳𑆬𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖧𑖯𑖩𑖲 (Siddham script)
දයාලු (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩻𑩛𑩽𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚣𑚭𑚥𑚰 (Takri script)
த³யாலு (Tamil script)
దయాలు (Telugu script)
ทยาลุ (Thai script)
ད་ཡཱ་ལུ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒨𑒰𑒪𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨪𑨊𑨬𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

दया (dayā́, “compassion”) +‎ -आलु (-ālu, “having, prone to”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ.jɑː.lu/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐ.jɑː.l̪u/

Adjective

दयालु • (dayālu) stem

pitiful, taking pity on
Synonym: दयावत् (dayāvat)

Declension

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Descendants

→ Bengali: দয়ালু (doẏalu) (learned)
→ Hindi: दयालु (dayālu) (learned)

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899), “दयालु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 470, column 1.