ہولا
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit लघु (laghú).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ɦɔː.läː/
- Rhymes: -äː
Adjective edit
ہَولا • (haulā) (feminine ہَولی, Gurmukhi spelling ਹੌਲਾ)
- light (as opposed to heavy)
- gentle; easy
- slow (as opposed to fast)
- lower, less (as opposed to high, on a scale)
- disgrace
Declension edit
| Declension of ہولا | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | ہَولا ({{{2}}}ā) | ہَولے ({{{2}}}e) | ہَولی ({{{2}}}ī) | ہَولیاں ({{{2}}}īyāṉ) | |
| oblique | ہَولے ({{{2}}}e) | ہَولیْاں ({{{2}}}iyāṉ) | ہَولی ({{{2}}}ī) | ہَولیاں ({{{2}}}īyāṉ) | |
Further reading edit
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ہَولا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਹੈਲਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “laghú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 631