As a Hindi name
होलाक · noun · masculine
आग की गरमी पहुँचाकर पसीना लाने की आयुर्वेदोक्त एक क्रिया । एक प्रकार की स्वेदन विधि — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "होलाक" is होल + -आक: होल means "पश्चिमी एशिया से आया हुआ एक पौधा जो घोड़ों और चौपायों के चारे के लिये लगाया जाता है", and the suffix -आक forms doing habitually, efficiently (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(7) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of vapour-bath (induced over hot ashes for the cure of partic. diseases, by sweating; also with sveda)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "holāka" is the vocative of "holākā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "holāka" is derived from "holā" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
holā (ā), f. N. of a town, Rājat.
holā f. the Holi festival, MW.
holāka m. a kind of vapour-bath (induced over hot ashes for the cure of partic. diseases, by sweating; also with sveda), Car.
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Dictionary citations
holāka m. a kind of vapour-bath (induced over hot ashes for the cure of partic. diseases, by sweating; also with sveda), Car.
holākā (ā), f., see next.
holākā f. (perhaps from a cry or shout or sound in singing), the spring festival at the approach of the vernal equinox (commonly called Hūlī or Holī, and said to be dedicated to Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs; it is celebrated during the ten days preceding the full moon of the month Phālguna, when people sprinkle red powder in sport and light fires; in some parts of India the Holī festival corresponds to or immediately precedes the Dolā-yātrā q.v.), RTL. 430.
holā (ā), f. N. of a town, Rājat.
holā f. the Holi festival, MW.
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