As a Hindi name
चोली · noun · feminine
स्त्रियों का एक पहनावा जो अँगिया से मिलता जुलता होता है · चोला नाम का एक प्रकार का कुरता । दे॰ 'चोला' · डलिया जिसमें पान आदि रखते हैं — Śabdasāgara
चोली · ćolī · s.f.
A small jacket, a bodice; a waistcoat; body (of a gown or coat) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 453
चोली · feminine
choli (upper garment, similar to a blouse, worn with a sari)
Cited formation "चोली" is चोल + -ई: चोल means "the Chola dynasty (extant in southern India from c. 300 BCE to 1279 CE)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "चोली" is चोलना + -ई: चोलना means "Short breeches, reaching half-way down the thighs", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "चोली" is चोल + -ई: चोल means "the Chola dynasty (extant in southern India from c. 300 BCE to 1279 CE)", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“From चोला (colā) + -ई (-ī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a jacket, Sch.
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Dictionary citations
colī f. a jacket, L., Sch.
a Cola woman, Vcar. v, 89.
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