बाल

Etymology 1
, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) hair

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1)  child, boy

Etymology 3
, from.

Noun

 * 1) wing

Etymology
The origin is.

Perhaps a of, denoting the potential and eventual power of youth; compare  and  for an etymologically related pair (with each other, not to बाल) with similar semantic connection.

Alternatively, imitative of the babbling of little children; compare.

Finally, has been connected by Kuiper to Proto-Munda; compare and, ultimately from. Though this comparison is phonetically and semantically sound, it is unlikely for a Vedic word of such basic significance to be a loanword. In this case, the Munda words are from Sanskrit, possibly via a Prakrit.

Noun

 * 1) boy; child
 * 2) fool, simpleton
 * 1) fool, simpleton

Adjective

 * 1) childish, immature
 * 2) newly-risen
 * 3)  waxing
 * 4) simple, foolish