As a Hindi name
होलाका · noun · feminine
बसंत ऋतु आने पर मनाया जानेवाला । एक उत्सव । होली का त्योहार · फाल्गुन मास की पूर्णिमा (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
होलाका · holākā · s.f.
= هولي holī, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1242
Cited formation "होलाका" is होल + -आका: होल means "पश्चिमी एशिया से आया हुआ एक पौधा जो घोड़ों और चौपायों के चारे के लिये लगाया जाता है", and the suffix -आका forms doing habitually, efficiently (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(7) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "होलाका" is होलाक + -आ: होलाक means "आग की गरमी पहुँचाकर पसीना लाने की आयुर्वेदोक्त एक क्रिया । एक प्रकार की स्वेदन विधि", 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 "होलाका" is होलाक + -आ: होलाक means "आग की गरमी पहुँचाकर पसीना लाने की आयुर्वेदोक्त एक क्रिया । एक प्रकार की स्वेदन विधि", 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 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 prece…
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M1 · same meaning "holākā" is the feminine form of "holāka" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
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
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.
holākā 1 The spring-festival celebrated at the approach of the spring season, during the ten-but particularly three or four-days preceding the full-moon day in the month of Phālguna (commonly called Holi). 2 The full-moon day in the month of Phālguna.
holākā f. (-kā) The ceremony of throwing a red powder called Holi.
holāka m. a kind of vapour-bath (induced over hot ashes for the cure of partic. diseases, by sweating; also with sveda), Car.
holā (ā), f. N. of a town, Rājat.
holā f. the Holi festival, MW.
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