vāle

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(those) who say/speak/utter, (those) who describe; thinkers/contemplators.

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

Etymology: Old Panjabi - kahiṇā; Sindhi - kahaṇu (to say/state); Apabhransh - kahaï; Prakrit - kahei/kahaï (says); Pali - katheti (speaks, preaches); Sanskrit - kathyati (कथयति - converses with, describes) + Panjabi - vālā (agent, keeper, inhabitant, master); Prakrit - pāl (keeper); Sanskrit - pāl (पाल - protector; herdsman).