आला

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.lɑː/, [äː.läː]

Borrowed from Classical Persian اعلی (a'lā), from Arabic أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā), elative degree of عَالٍ (ʕālin) and عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).

आला • (ālā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اعلی)

1. supreme, chief, head

   Synonyms: उत्तम (uttam), श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh)

• वज़ीर-ए-आला (vazīr-e-ālā)

Ultimately from Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).

आला • (ālā) m (Urdu spelling آلہ)

1. tool, implement

Inherited from Sanskrit आर्द्र (ārdra)? Compare Pali alla (“moist, wet; fresh”).

आला • (ālā) (Urdu spelling آلا) (regional)

1. wet, saturated (esp. with rain)
2. fresh, green

From Sanskrit आलय (ālaya).

आला • (ālā) m (Urdu spelling آلا)

1. niche in a wall or pillar

आला • (ālā) m (Urdu spelling آلا)

1. hollow for water around the foot of a tree

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

आला • (ālā) m

1. third-person masculine singular of आले (āle, “came”), which is the perfective of येणे (yeṇe, “to come”)