Word History: The word pal comes from the Indic language of the Romani people. First recorded in English in the second half of the 1700s, pal was borrowed from a Romani word meaning "brother, comrade," which occurs as phal in the Romani spoken in England and phral in the Romani spoken in continental Europe. The Romani speak an Indic language because they originally migrated to Europe from the border region between Iran and India. In other Indic languages we find related words meaning "brother," such as Hindu and Urdu bhāī, and they all come from Sanskrit bhrātā, which in turn traces its ancestry to the same Indo-European word that our word brother does.
pal
(pæl)
n
1. a close friend; comrade
2. an accomplice
vb, pals, pallingorpalled
(intr; usually foll by with or about) to associate as friends
[C17: from English Gypsy: brother, ultimately from Sanskrit bhrātar brother]
PAL
(pæl)
n acronym for
(Telecommunications) phase alternation line: a colour-television broadcasting system used generally in Europe
pal
(pæl)
n., v. palled, pal•ling.Informal.n.
1. a close friend; comrade; chum.
v.i.
2. to associate as pals.
[1675–85; < English Romany: brother, mate, dissimilated variant of continental Romany phral « Skt bhrātṛbrother]
[pæl]N → amigo/a m/f, compinchemf, cuate/a m/f (Mex) , patamf (Peru) be a pal! → ¡venga, pórtate como un amigo! they're great pals → son muyamigos old pals' act → actom de amiguismo
n (inf) → Kumpelm (inf); OK, let’s be pals again → na gut, vertragen wir uns wieder!; be a pal! → sei so nett!; help me with this, there’s a pal → sei doch so nett und hilf mir dabei
an informal word for a friend. My son brought a pal home for tea. vriend صَديق приятел amigo kamarád, -ka der Kumpel kammerat φίλοςamigo, colega semu رفیق kamu copain/-ine חבר मित्र dobar prijatelj haver teman félagi amico 仲よし 친구, 동무 bičiulis, draugužis draugs; biedrs kawan vriendkompis, kamerat kompan, kumpel ملګړی compincha tovarăş; prieten приятель kamarát, -ka prijatelj drugar kamrat, kompis เพื่อนฝูง arkadaş, ahbap 夥伴 приятель, товариш يار bạn 伙伴
The Mama Grizzly, who hunts animals and recently palled around with mom of eight Kate Gosselin on her reality TV show, was responding to a question from host Bill O'Reilly who asked if her on-camera behaviour was 'presidential'.
Aud was younger and hipper than the traditional post-screening set, and included bro-com pioneer Judd Apatow, who palled around with Lena Dunham, the star, scribe and helmer of the distinctly femme pic.