होला

Dura

Adverb

होला

probably

References

N. Schorer, The Dura Language: Grammar and Phylogeny, p. 212

Nepali

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɦolä]
Phonetic Devanagari: होला

Adverb

होला • (holā)

perhaps, maybe

Verb

होला • (holā)

third-person singular future of हुनु (hunu)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

হোলা (Assamese script)
ᬳᭀᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
হোলা (Bengali script)
𑰮𑰺𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀳𑁄𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ဟောလာ (Burmese script)
હોલા (Gujarati script)
ਹੋਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌹𑍋𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦲꦺꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂯𑂷𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಹೋಲಾ (Kannada script)
ហោលា (Khmer script)
ໂຫລາ (Lao script)
ഹോലാ (Malayalam script)
ᡥᠣᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘮𑘻𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠾᠣᠸᠠᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧎𑧜𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐴𑑀𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
ହୋଲା (Odia script)
ꢲꣂꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆲𑆾𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖮𑖺𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
හොලා (Sinhalese script)
𑪂𑩕𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚩𑚴𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
ஹோலா (Tamil script)
హోలా (Telugu script)
โหลา (Thai script)
ཧོ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒯𑒼𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨱𑨆𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

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

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐw.lɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦoː.l̪ɑː/

Noun

होला • (holā) stem, f

the Holi festival

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of होला
	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 (holayā) होला¹ (holā¹)	होलाभ्याम् (holābhyām)	होलाभिः (holābhiḥ)
dative	होलायै (holāyai)	होलाभ्याम् (holābhyām)	होलाभ्यः (holābhyaḥ)
ablative	होलायाः (holāyāḥ) होलायै² (holāyai²)	होलाभ्याम् (holābhyām)	होलाभ्यः (holābhyaḥ)
genitive	होलायाः (holāyāḥ) होलायै² (holāyai²)	होलयोः (holayoḥ)	होलानाम् (holānām)
locative	होलायाम् (holāyām)	होलयोः (holayoḥ)	होलासु (holāsu)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀳𑁄𑀮𑀺𑀬𑀸 (holiyā)
- Hindi: होली (holī)
- Nepali: होली (holī)
- Old Marathi: 𑘮𑘻𑘯𑘲 (hoḷī)
  - Kannada: ಹೋಳಿ (hōḷi)
  - Marathi: होळी (hoḷī)

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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 547