رولا
Punjabi
FWOTD – 18 December 2024
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑁄𑀮 (rōla), from Sanskrit रव (ráva, “roar; cry”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, yell; a rustling sound”). Cognate with Pahari-Potwari رولا (rolā), Hindi रौल (raul) among others.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ɾɔː.läː/, [ɾɔː.ɭäː]
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: رَو‧لا
Noun
رَولا or رَوࣇا • (raulā or rauḷā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਰੌਲ਼ਾ)
- noise, uproar
- 2002, فقیر محمد فقیر [Faqīr Muḥammad Faqīr], پنجابی زبان و ادب کی تاریخ [Panjābī zubān o adab kī tārīk̲h̲, The History of Punjabi Language and Literature], Lahore: سنگِ میل پبلیکیشنز – Sang-i-Mīl Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 492:
- ایس خط دا سارے پنڈ وچ رولا پے گیا۔
- ais xatt dā sāre pinḍ vicc raulā pai gayā.
- The letter caused an uproar in the entire village.
- quarrel
- problem
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | رَولا (raulā) | رَولے (raule) |
| oblique | رَولے (raule) | رَولیْاں (rauliyāṉ) |
| vocative | رَولیْا (rauliyā) | رَولیو (rauleyo) |
| ablative | رَولیوں (rauleyoṉ) | رَولیْاں (rauliyāṉ) |
| locative | – | رَولِیں (raulīṉ) |
| instrumental | رَولے (raule) | – |
Derived terms
- رَولا آݨا (raulā āṇā)
- رَولا پاہݨا (raulā pāhṇā)
- رَولا پَیݨا (raulā paiṇā)
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “رَولا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “رولا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ráva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 616