s. f, Corrupted from the Sanskrit word Dal. A split pea of gram, máṇh, múṇgí, masar, moṭh, harhar, &c.:—áṭṭá dál, dál áṭṭá, s. m. lit. Flour and dál, dál and flour; food, victuals:—dál chikná, s. m. A medicine used for syphilis:—dál chíní, s. f. Cinamon or bark of the Laurus cossia or cinnamomum albiflorum:—dál chob dáí hald, s. f. See Dár chob:—dál dalyá, s. m. Poor and coarse diet; something or other:—dál galṉí, v. n. lit. To be made soft as dál by boiling; to be united in heart, to avail or be effective, to have an advantage, to succeed:—dálgar, s. m. One who splits dál:—dál wichch kuchh kálá kálá hoṉá, v. n. lit. To be (a fly or) something black in the dál; to be something amiss:—ghar dí murgí te paráí dál. He has a fowl at home and yet he eats other people's dál. —Prov. used of a man who neglects his wife and seeks company abroad:—báhar dí murgí dál brabbar. A fowl got abroad is equal to the dál got at home.—Prov. used of those who are not avaricious to get much money abroad but are content to have a little at home:—dál roṭí kháh te nakk dí sedhe jáh. Eat simple food (lit. pulse and bread), and follow your nose; i. e. be economical and spend according to your means.