Reconstruction:Sanskrit/भोला

This Sanskrit entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভোলা (Assamese script)
• ᬪᭀᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
• ভোলা (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰺𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑁄𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဘောလာ (Burmese script)
• भोला (Devanagari script)
• ભોલા (Gujarati script)
• ਭੋਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍋𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦺꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂷𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಭೋಲಾ (Kannada script)
• ភោលា (Khmer script)
• ໂຠລາ (Lao script)
• ഭോലാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠣᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘻𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠣᠸᠠᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧜𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑑀𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଭୋଲା (Odia script)
• ꢩꣂꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆾𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖺𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
• භොලා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩕𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚴𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
• பே⁴ாலா (Tamil script)
• భోలా (Telugu script)
• โภลา (Thai script)
• བྷོ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒼𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨆𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐw.lɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱoː.l̪ɑː/

Noun

*भोला • (bholā) stem, f

1. dawn, sunrise

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of *भोला (*bholā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*भोला *bholā	*भोले *bhole	*भोलाः *bholāḥ
Vocative	*भोले *bhole	*भोले *bhole	*भोलाः *bholāḥ
Accusative	*भोलाम् *bholām	*भोले *bhole	*भोलाः *bholāḥ
Instrumental	*भोलया / *भोला¹ *bholayā / *bholā¹	*भोलाभ्याम् *bholābhyām	*भोलाभिः *bholābhiḥ
Dative	*भोलायै *bholāyai	*भोलाभ्याम् *bholābhyām	*भोलाभ्यः *bholābhyaḥ
Ablative	*भोलायाः / *भोलायै² *bholāyāḥ / *bholāyai²	*भोलाभ्याम् *bholābhyām	*भोलाभ्यः *bholābhyaḥ
Genitive	*भोलायाः / *भोलायै² *bholāyāḥ / *bholāyai²	*भोलयोः *bholayoḥ	*भोलानाम् *bholānām
Locative	*भोलायाम् *bholāyām	*भोलयोः *bholayoḥ	*भोलासु *bholāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Central:
  • Hindustani: bhor

    Hindi: भोर

    Urdu: بھور

• Eastern:
  • Bengali: ভোর (bhōr)
  • Odia: ଭୋର (bhora)
• Northern:
  • Nepali: भोलि (bholi) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-))
• Northwestern:
  • Punjabi: bhor

    Gurmukhi script: ਭੋਰ

    Shahmukhi script: بھور

• Western:
  • Gujarati: ભોર (bhor)

Derived terms

• भोलानाथ (bholānātha, name of Shiva as husband of Uṣas)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bhōlā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 549