तोळा

See also: तळ, तळे, तीळ, तूळ, and ताळौ

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘝𑘻𑘯𑘲 f (toḷī) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-)), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀢𑁄𑀮 (tola), from Sanskrit तोलक (tolaka). Compare Gujarati તોલો (tolo), Hindustani تولہ / तोला (tolā), Sindhi تورو / तोरो, تولو / तोलो, Punjabi ਤੋਲਾ (tolā) / تولا (tolā), Nepali तोला (tolā), Maithili तोला (tōlā) / 𑒞𑒼𑒪𑒰 (tōlā), Odia ତୋଳା (toḷa), Bengali তোলা (tōla), Assamese তোলা (tüla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪o.ɭ̆a/

Noun

तोळा • (toḷā) m

1. tola (a unit of weight approximately equal to 12 grams)

Declension

Declension of तोळा (masc ā-stem)
direct singular	तोळा toḷā
direct plural	तोळे toḷe
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	तोळा toḷā		तोळे toḷe
oblique सामान्यरूप	तोळ्या toḷyā		तोळ्यां- toḷyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	तोळ्याला toḷyālā		तोळ्यांना toḷyānnā
ergative	तोळ्याने, तोळ्यानं toḷyāne, toḷyāna		तोळ्यांनी toḷyānnī
instrumental	तोळ्याशी toḷyāśī		तोळ्यांशी toḷyānśī
locative सप्तमी	तोळ्यात toḷyāt		तोळ्यांत toḷyāt
vocative संबोधन	तोळ्या toḷyā		तोळ्यांनो toḷyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of तोळा (masc ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	तोळ्याचा toḷyāċā	तोळ्याचे toḷyāċe	तोळ्याची toḷyācī	तोळ्याच्या toḷyācā	तोळ्याचे, तोळ्याचं toḷyāċe, toḷyāċa	तोळ्याची toḷyācī	तोळ्याच्या toḷyācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	तोळ्यांचा toḷyānċā	तोळ्यांचे toḷyānċe	तोळ्यांची toḷyāñcī	तोळ्यांच्या toḷyāncā	तोळ्यांचे, तोळ्यांचं toḷyānċe, toḷyānċa	तोळ्यांची toḷyāñcī	तोळ्यांच्या toḷyāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “तोळा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “तोळा”, 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) “तोळा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tōlaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press