dal

]Dal (also spelled dhal, dahl, or daal) (Devanagari दाल) is a preparation of pulses which have been stripped of their outer hulls and split. It also refers to the thick, spicy stew prepared therefrom, a mainstay of Indian & Pakistani cuisine. It is stated that dal is eaten in every Indian home at least once a day. In South India dal is used to make the dish called sambar. The word Dal derives from the Sanskrit term to split.
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Dal may refer to:Dal, an Indian food, often made from lentilsDal, Norway, a village in Eidsvoll in NorwayDal, the name of a fictional alien race in Doctor Who, see KaledDal Lake, in IndiaDal Doll, a doll made by Chunsang Chunha of Korea.Vladimir Dal, an important Russian lexicographerOleg Dal, popular Soviet actorDal Hundred, a hundred of Östergötland in SwedenDALnet, a large IRC networkDalhousie UniversityDal, a fictional character from The Tribe. He was played by Ashwath Sundaresan.The D'Alembert operatorDāl, the Arabic form of the letter daletḎāl, the Arabic letter representing the voiced dental fricative 
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Noun
1. a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters
(synonym) dekaliter, dekalitre, decaliter, decalitre, dkl
(hypernym) metric capacity unit
(part-holonym) hectoliter, hectolitre, hl
(part-meronym) liter, litre, l, cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre

prep. from the; by the; by; from, starting in, beginning at; since; out, away from; due to, caused by (Grammar)

decaliter, unit of capacity equal to ten liters

interj. vale

n. valley, vale, low area of land located between hills or mountains