टोळी

See also: टाळी

Marathi

Etymology

Compare Gujarati ટોળું (ṭoḷũ), Hindustani ٹولِی (ṭolī) / टोली (ṭolī), Sindhi ٽورو / टोरो, ٽولو / टोलो, ٽوليِ / टोली, Punjabi ਟੋਲਾ (ṭolā) / ٹولا (ṭolā), ਟੋਲੀ (ṭolī) / ٹولِی (ṭolī), Assamese তুল (tul).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʈo.ɭ̆i/, [ʈo.ɭ̆iː]

Noun

टोळी • (ṭoḷī) f

1. tribe, gang, band, troop

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “टोळी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “टोळी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “टोळी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ṭōla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press