వల

• IPA^(key): /ʋala/
• Rhymes: -ల

Cognate with Kannada ಬಲೆ (bale), Malayalam വല (vala), Tamil வலை (valai).

వల • (vala) n (plural వలలు)

1. A net; a device made from such mesh, generally used for catching fish and also trapping something.

Clipping of వలను (valanu). The sense of "south" derives from the direction pointed to by the right side when facing east, as is customary when determining cardinal directions.

వల • (vala)

1. right

   Synonym: కుడి (kuḍi)

   Antonyms: ఎడమ (eḍama), డా (ḍā), డాపలి (ḍāpali)

2. south

   Synonym: దక్షిణ (dakṣiṇa)

• వలచేయి (valacēyi, “right hand”)
• వలకడ (valakaḍa, “the south”)

• "వల" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1143