s. m, ; a crack in a cup, glass, or earthenware; a prop, a support, a dependence; wind, breeze &c:—bál bannhí kandí mární, v. n. To hit a shell suspended by a hair; (met.) to judge or act with perfect accuracy:—bál biṇgá ná hoṉá, v. n. Not to let a hair be crooked; i. e. to let not the least harm be done:—bál láuṉá, v. a. To aid one in supporting a burden, to help one in difficulties;—bál toṛ, s. m. A pimple, a sore, a small boil caused by the breaking or pulling out of a hair of the body; i. q. Vál.;—s. m., f. A child, an infant, a boy or girl not arrived at maturity:—bál awasthá, s. f. The period of childhood:—bál bachche, s. m. Children, family:—bál bhog, s. m. An offering to Krishná or other deities in the morning:—bál buddh or buddhí, s. f. Childlike intelligence, no more sense than a child, silliness, foolishness, stupidity;—a. Having no more wits than a child; silly:—bál gopál, s. m. Children; disciples, pupils (used by faqírs), a term of endearment:—bálpaṉ, bálpuṉá, s. m. Childhood:—bál raṇḍ, bál vidwá, s. f. A child-widow.