होला

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Adverb

होला

  1. probably

References

Nepali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Phonetic Devanagari: होला

Adverb

होला • (holā)

  1. perhaps, maybe

Verb

होला • (holā)

  1. third-person singular future of हुनु (hunu)

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰawlaH, of uncertain origin.

Mayrhofer considers this as possibly an onomatopoeic exclamation. He also raises the possibility, via the alternative form होलाका (holākā), of a relation to होलक (holaka, “half-ripe pulse cooked over a light fire”), with the original meaning presumably being "a special type of sweating over hot cow-dung ash".

Others derive the term further from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰaw-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”).

Pronunciation

Noun

होला • (holā) stem, f

  1. the Holi festival

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of होला (holā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative होला
holā 		होले
hole 		होलाः
holāḥ
Vocative होले
hole 		होले
hole 		होलाः
holāḥ
Accusative होलाम्
holām 		होले
hole 		होलाः
holāḥ
Instrumental होलया / होला¹
holayā / holā¹ 		होलाभ्याम्
holābhyām 		होलाभिः
holābhiḥ
Dative होलायै
holāyai 		होलाभ्याम्
holābhyām 		होलाभ्यः
holābhyaḥ
Ablative होलायाः / होलायै²
holāyāḥ / holāyai² 		होलाभ्याम्
holābhyām 		होलाभ्यः
holābhyaḥ
Genitive होलायाः / होलायै²
holāyāḥ / holāyai² 		होलयोः
holayoḥ 		होलानाम्
holānām
Locative होलायाम्
holāyām 		होलयोः
holayoḥ 		होलासु
holāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “होला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1306/3.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hōlā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 547
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