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
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.
hā (ā), f. coition
a lute
hāla m. = hala, a plough, L.
a ‘scraper’ (kind of bird), Suśr., Sch.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
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.
hāla m. = hala, a plough, L.
a ‘scraper’ (kind of bird), Suśr., Sch.
hā (ā), f. coition
a lute
Alternative readings
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