vālā

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(one) who utters, (one) who describes.

Grammar: active voice participle (noun), nominative case; masculine, singular.

Etymology: Old Panjabi - ākhaṇā; Lahndi - ākhaṇ (to say); Sindhi - ākhaṇu (to tell); Apabhransh - ākhaï; Prakrit - ākkahaï; Sanskrit - ākhyāti (आख्याति - says) + Panjabi - vālā (agent, keeper, inhabitant, master); Prakrit - pāl (keeper); Sanskrit - pāl (पाल - protector; herdsmen).