ਢਾਲ

ਢਾਲ • (ḍhāl) f (Shahmukhi spelling ڈھال)

1. shield

   Synonym: ਫਰਹੀ (pharhī)

2. protection

   Synonyms: ਓਟ (oṭa), ਆਸਰਾ (āsarā)

3. inclination, slope
4. usage, custom

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ḍhāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 316
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “phalaka²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 509
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*āśara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 66
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ōṭṭā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 124
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਢਾਲ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.