As a Hindi name
गोल · gola · s.m.
Anything round; a circle; a ball; a sphere (see golā, of which gol, in comp., is sometimes a contrac.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 926
गोल · gol · s.f.
A large globular water-jar (of earth) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 926
गोल · masculine
circle, circular object
गोल
round, circular, spherical
Śabdasāgara also records: जिसका घेरा या परिधि वृत्ताकार हो । चक्र के आकार का । वृत्ताकार । जैसे,—पहिया, अँगूठी, सिक्का इत्यादि । ऐसे धनात्मक आकार का जिसके पृष्ठ का प्रत्येक विंदु उसके भीतर के मध्य विंदु से समान अंतर पर हो । सर्ववर्तुल । अंडाकार । गेंद, नीबू, बेल आदि के आकार का
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit गोल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑁄𑀮 (gola), from Sanskrit गोल (gola).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
gola m. (= guḍa) ‘a ball’, see -krīḍā
globe (as the celestial globe or as the globe of the sun or of the earth), Sūryas.; Sūryapr.; BhP. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘a ball’, see -krīḍā
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gola" is the vocative of "golā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
gola m. (= guḍa) ‘a ball’, see -krīḍā
globe (as the celestial globe or as the globe of the sun or of the earth), Sūryas.; Sūryapr.; BhP. &c.
a hemisphere (of the earth), Sūryas.
= -yantra, Gol. xi, 2
Vangueria spinosa, L.
golā f. a ball to play with, L.
red arsenic, L.
Alternative readings
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