As a Hindi name
ओल · noun · masculine
सूरन । जिमीक'द — Śabdasāgara
ओल · adj
गीला । ओदा — Śabdasāgara
ओल · ol · s.m.
The esculent root Arum campanulatum (syn. sūran) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 107
ओल · ol · s.f.
Personal bail or security, surety; pledge, pawn ( = rahn); hostage — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 107
ओल · masculine
elephant foot yam
ओल · feminine
security (as against loss), guarantee; bail; pledge, pawn; hostage
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi ओल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit ओल (ola).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ola mfn. or olla wet, damp, L.
ola n. Arum Campanulatum, L.
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit ओल्ल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *ओल्ल (ŏlla), उल्ल (ulla, “debt”), from Sanskrit ओल्ल (olla, “hostage”). Cognate with Gujarati ઓલ (ola, “hostage”), Marathi ओल (ol, “hostage”), Punjabi ਓਲ /اول (ola).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
olla a. Wet, damp. — llaḥ A hostage; ˚āgataḥ come or received as a hostage; (this word occurs once or twice in Viddhaśālabhanjikā).
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
or olla wet, damp
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
ola mfn. or olla wet, damp, L.
ola n. Arum Campanulatum, L.
ola a. Wet, damp. — laḥ An esculent root (śūraṇa).
ola mfn. (-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Wet, damp; also oṇa. m. (-laḥ) An esculent root, (Arum campanulatum.) E. vala or valla to destroy, (complaints, especially hoemorrhoids.) ac affix, va changed to o.
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