Holi

See also: holi, holí, hòli, and hồ li

English

Krishna Celebrating Holi with Radha and Gopis

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi होली (holī), from Sanskrit होली (holī).

Proper noun

Holi

1. A Hindu festival, held in the spring, in which people throw coloured powders at each other during noisy street celebrations.

Translations

Hindu festival

• Assamese: ফাঁকুৱা (phãkua), দৌল উৎসৱ (doul utxow), হলি (holi)
• Bengali: দোলযাত্রা (bn) (dōlojatra)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 侯丽节

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: holi
• French: Holî f
• Greek: Χόλι (el) (Chóli)
• Gujarati: હોળી (hoḷī)
• Hindi: होली (hi) f (holī)
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Malayalam: ഹോളി (hōḷi)
• Marathi: होळी (hoḷī)
• Nepali: होली (holī)
• Odia: ହୋଲି (holi)
• Persian: هولی (fa) (holi)
• Portuguese: Holi m
• Punjabi: ਹੋਲੀ (pa) (holī), ہولی (holī)
• Rajasthani: होळी (hoḷī)
• Russian: Холи (ru) (Xoli)
• Sanskrit: होली (sa) (holī)
• Sinhalese: හෝලි උත්සවය (hōli utsawaya)
• Slovak: Holí
• Tamil: ஹோலி (hōli)
• Telugu: హోళీ (te) (hōḷī)
• Urdu: ہولی f (holī)

Anagrams

• Hilo, hi-lo

Portuguese

Proper noun

Holi m

1. (Hinduism) Holi (a spring festival)