तोलना

See also: तलना, तुलना, and तौलना

Old Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑁄𑀮𑀇 (tolaï), 𑀢𑁄𑀮𑁂𑀇 (tolei), from Sanskrit तोलयति (tolayati). Compare Old Punjabi ਤੋਲਿ (toli), Old Gujarati तोलइ (tolaï), Old Marathi 𑘝𑘻𑘩𑘜𑘹 (tolaṇe).

Verb

तोलना (tolanā)

1. to balance, poise, weigh

Descendants

• Hindustani: taulnā

  Hindi: तौलना

  Urdu: تَولْنَا (taulnā)

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 538
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tōláyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 341