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# dahl

noun (dahl — uncountable; also dal, dhal); a name (Dahl)

«dahl» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Dahl (also dal or dhal) is a South Asian dish of split lentils, peas or beans cooked with spices into a thick stew, or the dried split pulses themselves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dahl/#m1)
2. (a name) Roald Dahl is a famous children's author who wrote «Charlie and the Chocolate Factory», «Matilda» and «The BFG». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dahl/#m2)
3. (a name) Dahl can also refer to Vladimir Dahl, a 19th-century Russian scholar who collected Russian words and sayings in a famous dictionary. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dahl/#m3)

### In the lessons

In food lessons and everyday meals, dahl is common in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan cooking, eaten with rice or flatbread; it is healthy and full of protein. In English lessons, Roald Dahl's books are read in schools across the UK and beyond, and 13 September is celebrated as Roald Dahl Day.

### Examples

- We had dahl and rice for dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dahl/#x1)
- Red lentil dahl is quick to cook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dahl/#x2)
- Dahl is full of protein and fibre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dahl/#x3)
- Roald Dahl wrote «Matilda». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dahl/#x4)
- Our class read a Roald Dahl book every term. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dahl/#x5)
- Grandma adds cumin and garlic to her dahl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dahl/#x6)
- Dahl compares it with the Russian tyurma, a prison, and the German Thurm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dahl/#x7)

### Note

The food is usually uncountable. Spellings vary: dal, daal, dhal, dahl — all the same dish. The author's name has a capital D. Pronounced «dahl» (rhymes with «doll» in many accents).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dahl» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dahl/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dahl» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dahl.html) on Mova free.