[bāl], m. a hair, crack (in china &c.).
[◀MIA: Pk. Pa. vāla- m. ‘hair’ (Pa. also ‘hair of tail’) ◀OIA vā́la- m. ‘hair of tail, tail, hair’ TS., vālaka- m. ‘tail of horse or elephant’ lex., vā́ra- n. (rarely m.) ‘sheep’s wool (as sieve)’ RV. ◀PIE *u̯el-, u̯elǝ- ‘hair, wool; grass, forest’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. wool ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0124; (Turner, 1966) 11572, 11549; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 610; (MW, 1899) 0946; (Pokorny, 1959) 1139; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.545
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