As a Hindi name
चोलक · noun · masculine
एक प्राचीन देश का नाम · उक्त देश का निवासी · स्त्रियों के पहनने की एक प्रकार की अँगिया । चोली — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ चोल
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a jacket
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "colaka" is derived from "cola" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
cola m. (= coda) a jacket, bodice, Naiṣ. xxii, 42 (ifc. f(ā). ; v.l.)
pl. N. of a people in southern India on the Coromandel (= cola-maṇḍala) coast, MBh. ii, vi ff.; Hariv. 782 and 9600; R. iv, 41, 18; VarBṛS. &c.
colaka m. (= coḍaka) a jacket, HPariś. ii, 38
a cuirass, L.
Dictionary citations
colaka m. (= coḍaka) a jacket, HPariś. ii, 38
a cuirass, L.
pl. the Colas, Kathās. xix
colaka n. bark, L.
colaka m. (-kaḥ) A breastplate, a cuirass. n. (-kaṃ) Bark, rind. E. cula to elevate, affix vun.
cola m. (= coda) a jacket, bodice, Naiṣ. xxii, 42 (ifc. f(ā). ; v.l.)
pl. N. of a people in southern India on the Coromandel (= cola-maṇḍala) coast, MBh. ii, vi ff.; Hariv. 782 and 9600; R. iv, 41, 18; VarBṛS. &c.
Alternative readings
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