[dāl], f. lentils, pulses.
[◀MIA: Pk. dālĭ̄-, dāliyā- f. ‘split pea’ ◀OIA dāla- m. ‘kind of grain, split peas’ Apte. <*dāla- ‘tearing, splitting’ <√dal ‘split’ ◀PIE *del- (dol-), delǝ- ‘to split, divide’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. tiller, tilt ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. dole, condole ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0501; (Turner, 1966) 6309, p.355; (MW, 1899) 0471; (Pokorny, 1959) 0194; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 3.262
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