neuter · valaya 1 · valaya 2
bangle
a bangle; a bracelet a loop
Valaya (masculine and neuter) [Epic Sanskrit valaya, from Indo-Germanic ṷel to turn; see Sanskrit roots vr̥ to enclose, and val to turn, to which belong the following: varutra upper robe, ūrmi wave, fold, valita bent, vālayati to make roll, valli creeper, vaṭa rope, vāṇa cane. Cf. also Latin volvo to roll, Greek ἐλύω to wind, ἔλιξ round, ἔλυτρον cover; Gothic walwjan to roll on, Old High German welzan and walzan = Anglo-Saxon wealtan (E. waltz); Anglo-Saxon wylm wave, and many others, q.v. in Walde, Latin Wtb. sub voce volvo. — Dhātup (274) gives root val in meaning saṃvaraṇa, i.e. obstruct, cover. See further vuṇāti] a bracelet Vin II 106; Ja II 197 (dantakāre valayādīni karonte disvā); III 377; VI 64, 65; Sv I 50; Dhp-a I 226 (danta° ivory bangle); Pv-a 157 (saṅkha°); Mhv 11, 14 (°aṅguli-veṭhakā).
【中】 腳鐲，手鐲，環。~ākāra,【形】 圓形的。
(nt, nt) bangle; bracelet bangle, bracelet a loop
(nt, nt) circular ring as a bowl stand [lit.] bracelet