हाला hālā
girl 2 syllables SLP1 hAlA

As a Hindi name

हाला · noun · feminine

मदिरा । मद्य । शराब — Śabdasāgara

हाला · noun · masculine

हलकंप । हलचल — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ हालो

हाला · hālā · s.m.

A plough (i.q. hāl) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1216

हाला · hālā · s.f.

Spirituous liquor, wine; the spirituous juice of the palm — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1216

हाला · feminine

wine; fermented grape juice

Cited formation "हाला" is हाल + -आ: हाल means "state, condition", 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

Cited formation "हाला" is हालना + -आ: हालना means "To move, shake, tremble, vibrate", 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

a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi हाला — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Borrowed from Sanskrit हाला (hālā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

The Sanskrit parent — हाला (tatsama)

hālā (ā), f. spirituous liquor (a provincial term accord. to Vām. v, 1, 13)

hālahalī, hālā Wine, spirituous liquor; hitvā hālāmabhimatarasāṃ revatīlocanāṃkāṃ Me. 49; Pt. 1. 58; Śi. 10. 21.

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

spirituous liquor (a provincial term accord. to )

Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "hālā" is the feminine form of "hāla" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).

M3 · meaning shifts "hāla" is derived from "hā" with the lac suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.

the base — हा

hā (ā), f. coition

a lute

your form — हाला

hāla m. = hala, a plough, L.

a ‘scraper’ (kind of bird), Suśr., Sch.

Related forms

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · हाला

hālā (ā), f. spirituous liquor (a provincial term accord. to Vām. v, 1, 13)

Apte (1890) · हाला

hālahalī, hālā Wine, spirituous liquor; hitvā hālāmabhimatarasāṃ revatīlocanāṃkāṃ Me. 49; Pt. 1. 58; Śi. 10. 21.

Monier-Williams (1899) · हाल (linked stem)

hāla m. = hala, a plough, L.

Monier-Williams (1899) · हाल (linked stem)

a ‘scraper’ (kind of bird), Suśr., Sch.

Monier-Williams (1899) · हा (linked stem)

hā (ā), f. coition

Monier-Williams (1899) · हा (linked stem)

a lute

Alternative readings

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