As a Hindi name
गोलक · noun · masculine
गोलोक · गोलपिंड · विधवा का जारज पुत्र — Śabdasāgara
गोलक · golak · s.f.
A till — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 926
गोलक · golak · s.m.
(f. golikā), A ball (for playing with) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 926
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a ball or globe, Sch. &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "golaka" is derived from "gola" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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.
golaka m. a ball or globe, BhP. v, 16, 4; VS. xxxi, 22, Sch. &c.
a ball for playing with, Hariv. 15549
Dictionary citations
golaka m. a ball or globe, BhP. v, 16, 4; VS. xxxi, 22, Sch. &c.
a ball for playing with, Hariv. 15549
glans penis, Sāy. on AitBr. i, 20
a kind of pease (= palāśa), Gobh. iv, 4, 26; ŚāṅkhGṛ. iv, 19, 4
myrrh, L.
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.
Alternative readings
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