As a Hindi name
होला · noun · feminine
होली का त्यौहार — Śabdasāgara
होला · noun · masculine
सिक्खों की होली जो होली के दूसरे दिन होती है — Śabdasāgara
होला · holā · s.m.
(dialec.) corr. of olā, 'hail,' q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1242
होला · holā · s.m.
(dialec.) A boat made out of a hollowed tree, a canoe — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1242
Cited formation "होला" is होल + -आ: होल means "पश्चिमी एशिया से आया हुआ एक पौधा जो घोड़ों और चौपायों के चारे के लिये लगाया जाता है", 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: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "होला" is होल + -आ: होल means "पश्चिमी एशिया से आया हुआ एक पौधा जो घोड़ों और चौपायों के चारे के लिये लगाया जाता है", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the Holi festival
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "holā" is the feminine form of "hola" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
holā (ā), f. N. of a town, Rājat.
holā f. the Holi festival, MW.
hola m. N. of a man, Rājat.
pl. a country belonging to Udīcya, L.
Alternative readings
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