Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/vaal/ ਵ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Noun Word # ਵਾਲ vaal Say it**VAAL**Type**Noun**Shahmukhiوال In short Vaal (ਵਾਲ) means hair in Punjabi: one single hair, or hair in general on the head and body. It is the plain everyday word, used for hair that grows, falls, turns grey, is combed, braided or cut, while the related word kesh carries a religious meaning in Sikh life. ## How it's used 1. 1ਮੇਰੇ ਵਾਲ ਬਹੁਤ ਲੰਬੇ ਹੋ ਗਏ ਹਨ।My hair has grown very long. _Vaal as the whole head of hair_ 2. 2ਉਸ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਵਾਲ ਵੀ ਵਿੰਗਾ ਨਾ ਹੋਇਆ।Not even a single hair of his was harmed. _Idiom: vaal vi vinga na hona, completely unharmed_ 3. 3ਉਹ ਵਾਲ ਵਾਲ ਬਚ ਗਿਆ।He escaped by a hair's breadth. _Idiom: vaal vaal bachna, the narrowest escape_ Show 1 more example 1. 4ਨਾਈ ਨੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਵਾਲ ਕੱਟ ਦਿੱਤੇ।The barber cut my hair. _Vaal at the barber_ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਵਾਲ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ ਸਿਰ ਜਾਂ ਸਰੀਰ ਦੇ ਵਾਲ। ਇੱਕ ਵਾਲ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਛੋਟੀ ਚੀਜ਼ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਇਸ ਲਈ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ: ਵਾਲ ਵੀ ਵਿੰਗਾ ਨਾ ਹੋਣਾ, ਭਾਵ ਕੋਈ ਨੁਕਸਾਨ ਨਾ ਹੋਣਾ। ਕੇਸ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਧਾਰਮਿਕ ਅਰਥ ਰੱਖਦਾ ਹੈ, ਵਾਲ ਰੋਜ਼ਾਨਾ ਬੋਲਚਾਲ ਦਾ ਸਾਧਾਰਨ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਹੈ। ਨਾਈ ਵਾਲ ਕੱਟਦਾ ਹੈ, ਮਾਂ ਵਾਲ ਵਾਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਵਾਲ ਸਫ਼ੈਦ ਹੋਣਾ ਬੁਢਾਪੇ ਦੀ ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨੀ ਹੈ। What does vaal mean in Punjabi? Vaal (ਵਾਲ) means hair: one single hair, or hair in general, on the head or the body. It is the everyday word Punjabis reach for at home, at the barber and in the mirror, where the related word kesh carries a religious weight that vaal does not. ## What does vaal mean in Punjabi? Wiktionary's Punjabi entry gives vaal as a masculine noun meaning hair, with the Shahmukhi spelling وال, and lists kesh as its synonym. The one word works two ways: ik vaal is a single hair, and mere vaal, my hair, speaks of the whole head at once. Wiktionary's translations for the English word hair give the same Punjabi family side by side: vaal, baal and kes, which shows how closely these words sit together in daily speech across the region. ## Where does vaal come from? Wiktionary traces vaal back through Prakrit to Sanskrit vaala, the old word for hair. The family is still visible across the neighbourhood: Wiktionary lists Hindi with both vaal and baal for hair, and Rekhta Dictionary's long page for baal is full of the same world of hair phrases, from hair falling to hair being braided. Punjabi kept the v sound in vaal, so a Punjabi vaal and the baal of the sister languages are one old word in two pronunciations. ## Is vaal the same as kesh? Not quite. Kesh is hair too, but in Sikh life it names the uncut hair kept as one of the five Ks, a matter of faith and identity, and the Kosh has a separate entry for it. Vaal is the plain word with no religious charge: hair that grows long, falls out, turns white, gets washed, combed with a kangha or cut by the barber. The same person who says kesh for the duty will still say vaal for a hair found in the food. ## How is vaal used in everyday Punjabi? Because one hair is the smallest thing that can be harmed, vaal anchors Punjabi idioms. Vaal vi vinga na hona, not even a hair bent, means someone came through completely unharmed. Vaal vaal bachna is to escape by a hair, the narrowest escape there is. Rekhta's baal page records the same measuring habit in the sister word: hair standing up for fright, hair falling, and hair being allowed to grow are all everyday phrases built on a single strand. ## Related words [ਕੇਸkeshUncut hair of the Khalsa](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/kesh/)[ਕੰਘਾkanghaWooden comb of the Khalsa](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/kangha/)[ਸਿਰsirrhead](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/sirr/)[ਸਰੀਰ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਬਦSareer de ShabdPunjabi body words: head, eye, ear, nose, mouth, hand and foot in Gurmukhi, with meanings](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/punjabi-body-words/) Advertisement Sources (3) 1. [Wiktionary, vaal (Punjabi): inherited from Prakrit vaala, from Sanskrit vaala; IPA /vaal/; masculine noun, Shahmukhi spelling given; meaning hair; synonym kes (kesh); example sentence: what has got into your hair](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2) 2. [Wiktionary, hair: translations list Punjabi vaal, baal and kes together for hair, and Hindi with both vaal and baal; Sanskrit vaala listed for hair](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hair) 3. [Rekhta Dictionary, baal: baalon = hair; baal jhadna = hair to fall off; baal badhana = to let the hair grow; baal bandhna = set or braid the hair; baal khade hona = be frightened; baal taraash = hairdresser](https://www.rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-baal) [Report a correction](https://jugti.com/corrections/) **Jugti is free and independent.** Reader support keeps the Kosh growing. [Support](https://jugti.com/support/) ## More words [ਚੰਨchannMoon](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/chann/)[ਕਿੱਦਾਂkiddanhow are you? what's up? 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