dal

noun3

1. •
   Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.
2. •
   A dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc.

   • A stout Burmese woman, wife of a constable, was kneeling outside the cage ladling rice and watery dahl into tin pannikins. — 1934
3. •
   A tropical herb with yellow flowers; the pigeon pea.

noun2

1. •
   Initialism of data access layer, a software architecture layer.
2. •
   Initialism of database abstraction layer, a software architecture layer.