हाला

Borrowed from Sanskrit हाला (hālā).

हाला • (hālā) f

1. wine; fermented grape juice

   Synonyms: मदिरा (madirā), द्राक्षिरा (drākṣirā), शराब (śarāb)

   • 1935, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Madhushala  :

     बने पुजारी प्रेमी साकी, गंगाजल पावन हाला
     रहे फेरता अविरत गति से मधु के प्यालों की माला

     bane pujārī premī sākī, gaṅgājal pāvan hālā
     rahe phertā avirat gati se madhu ke pyālõ kī mālā

     My beloved wine-maiden seems a priest; her wine as pure as the Ganga's waters.
     With unbroken pace, she rotates the rosary of wine glasses.

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰol-eh₂ (“concentrated alcohol”). Cognate with Ancient Greek χάλις (khális, “pure wine”), Thracian ζίλαι (zílai).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː.lɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑː.l̪ɑː/

हाला • (hālā) stem, f

1. spirituous liquor

   Synonyms: मदिरा (madirā), सुरा (surā), शुण्डा (śuṇḍā), मधुर (madhura)

• Monier Williams (1899) “हाला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1293/1.