As a Hindi name
तूल · noun · masculine
आकाश · तूत का पेड़ । शहतूत · कपास, मदार, सेमर आदि के डोडे के भीतर का धूआ । रूई । उ॰ — Śabdasāgara
तूल · adj
तुल्य । समान — Śabdasāgara
तूल · tūl · s.m.
(f.?), Cotton — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 343
तूल · tūl · s.m.
= tul, and tulya, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 344
तूल · masculine
cotton, fluff, fiber; wool
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi तूल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit तूल (tūla).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
tūla n. a tuft of grass or reeds, panicle of a flower or plant, AV. xix, 32, 3; Kāṭh.; TāṇḍyaBr.; ChUp. (īṣīkā-), Kauś.; Āp.; Pāṇ. vi, 2, 121 (ifc. ind.)
a pencil, Divyāv. v. xxxvi
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
cotton, &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "tūla" is the vocative of "tūlā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
tūla n. a tuft of grass or reeds, panicle of a flower or plant, AV. xix, 32, 3; Kāṭh.; TāṇḍyaBr.; ChUp. (īṣīkā-), Kauś.; Āp.; Pāṇ. vi, 2, 121 (ifc. ind.)
a pencil, Divyāv. v. xxxvi
= tūta, L.
air, L.
tūla m. the thorn-apple, Npr.
tūlā f. id., L.
a lamp wick, L.
Alternative readings
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