As a Hindi name
तोला · noun · masculine
एक तौल जो बारह माशे या छानबे रत्ती की होती है · इस तौल का बाट — Śabdasāgara
तोला · tolā · s.m.
A weight of 12 (or 16) māshas (esp. of gold or silver), the weight of the Sicca rupee, or about 179⅔ grains; (the tola is reckoned in books at 16 māshas of 6½ grains each, and weighs therefore 184 grains Troy; in practice, however, it is calculated at 12 māshas, jeweller's weight, and weighs nearly 210 grains) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 344
तोला · masculine
unit of weight, generally equal to 12 grams
Cited formation "तोला" is तोल + -आ: तोल means "Weighing", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "तोला" is तोलना + -आ: तोलना means "To weigh", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "तोला" is तोल + -आ: तोल means "Weighing", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit तोलक — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“From Sanskrit तोलक (tolaka), ultimately from तुल् (tul, “weigh”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
tolaka m. n. (L.) a weight of gold or silver (in books = 16 Māṣas, in practise only = 12 M˚s), Rājat. iv, 201
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘weighing (?)’
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M1 · same meaning "tolā" is the feminine form of "tola" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
tolā f. ‘weighing (?)’, Vop.
tola mfn. (√ tul) ‘poising one's self’, see ghana-
tola m. n. = ˚laka, W.
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