दोला

Sanskrit

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Etymology

With डोला f (ḍolā), and the prefixed forms आन्दोल (āndola, swinging), अन्दोलयति (andoláyati, swings), हिन्दोल (hindola), and their related words, probably borrowed from Munda.[1] The root दुल् (dul, to swing) and derived forms are based upon this word.

Pronunciation

Noun

दोला • (dolā) stemf (root दुल्) [2][3]

  1. litter, hammock, palanquin, swing
  2. (figurative) fluctuation, uncertainty, doubt

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of दोला
singular dual plural
nominative दोला (dolā) दोले (dole) दोलाः (dolāḥ)
accusative दोलाम् (dolām) दोले (dole) दोलाः (dolāḥ)
instrumental दोलया (dolayā)
दोला¹ (dolā¹)
दोलाभ्याम् (dolābhyām) दोलाभिः (dolābhiḥ)
dative दोलायै (dolāyai) दोलाभ्याम् (dolābhyām) दोलाभ्यः (dolābhyaḥ)
ablative दोलायाः (dolāyāḥ)
दोलायै² (dolāyai²)
दोलाभ्याम् (dolābhyām) दोलाभ्यः (dolābhyaḥ)
genitive दोलायाः (dolāyāḥ)
दोलायै² (dolāyai²)
दोलयोः (dolayoḥ) दोलानाम् (dolānām)
locative दोलायाम् (dolāyām) दोलयोः (dolayoḥ) दोलासु (dolāsu)
vocative दोले (dole) दोले (dole) दोलाः (dolāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

  • अवदोल (avadola, swinging)
  • चतुर्दोल (caturdola, royal litter)
  • दोल (dola)
  • दोलयति (dolayati)
  • दोलाघर (dolāghara)
  • दोलाधिरूढ (dolādhirūḍha, mounted on swing)
  • दोलान्दोलन (dolāndolana)
  • दोलायते (dolāyate, to swing)
  • दोलायन्त्र (dolāyantra)
  • दोलायमान (dolāyamāna, oscillating)
  • दोलायात्रा (dolāyātrā)
  • दोलालोल (dolālola, restless)
  • दोली (dolī)
  • नवदोल (navadola, litter borne by 9 men)
  • पट्टदोल (paṭṭadola, cloth swing)
  • संदोल (saṃdola, pendulous ornament)

Descendants

  • Dardic:
    • Kashmiri: ڈُلَ m (ḍula, rolling stone), ڈوٗلُ m (ḍūlu), ڈوٗلِ (ḍūli, litter)
  • Pali: दोला (dolā)
  • Prakrit: डोल m (ḍola, eye), डोअण n (ḍoaṇa), डोला f (ḍolā, swing, litter)
    • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
      • Assamese: দোলা (düla, swing), ডোলা (düla, ornament)
      • Bengali: দোলা (dōla, swing)
      • Odia: ଦୋଳ (doḷa), ଦୋଳା (doḷā), ଦୋଳି (doḷi, swing), ଡୋଳା (ḍoḷā, pupil)
    • Northern Indo-Aryan:
      • Kumaoni: डोल, डोलो
      • Nepali: डोलि (ḍoli)
    • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
      • Punjabi: ਡੋਲ (ḍol), ਡੋਲਾ (ḍolā), ਡੋਲੀ (ḍolī)
    • Southern Indo-Aryan:
      • Marathi: डोळा (ḍoḷā, eye), डोळी (ḍoḷī, litter)
    • Western Indo-Aryan:
      • Gujarati: ડોળ (ḍoḷ, bombast), ડોળી (ḍoḷī, litter)
  • Old Javanese: joli
    • Javanese: ꦗꦺꦴꦭꦶ (joli)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 67
  2. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “दोला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 498.
  3. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dōla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press