As a Hindi name
पोल · noun · masculine
शून्य स्थान । अवकाश । खाली जगह । जैसे, ढोल के भीतर पोल · खोखलापन । भराव का अभाव । सारहीनता । अँतःसारशून्यता — Śabdasāgara
पोल · noun · masculine
एक प्रकार का फुलका · राशि । पुंज (को॰) · मान । परिमाण (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
पोल · pol · s.m.
A pole (land measure) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 281
पोल · pol · s.m.
Gate, door ( = paur, q.v.); a courtyard; a ward or quarter of a town having its own gateway — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 281
पोल · masculine
gate, entrance (to a town)
पोल · masculine
emptiness, meaninglessness; emptiness, meaninglessness; an excuse
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit प्रतोली — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀤𑁄𑀮𑀻 (padolī), from Sanskrit प्रतोली (pratolī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pra-tolī f. a broad way, principal road through a town or village (ifc. ˚līka), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
a kind of bandage applied to the neck or to the penis, Suśr.
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Dravidian *po-der. Prakrit पोल्ल (pŏlla) Hindi पोल Inherited from Prakrit पोल्ल (pŏlla), from Proto-Dravidian *po-.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
magnitude, bulk, heap, (g. jvalādi)
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Dictionary citations
pola m. (√ pul) magnitude, bulk, heap, L. (g. jvalādi)
pola m. (-laḥ) 1 Magnitude, bulk. 2 A heap, a quantity. E. pula to be great, ghañ aff.
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