हिल्लोलय

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Likely a sound-symbolic formation from a non-Indo-Aryan source. See also हिन्दोल (hindola, swing, hammock), लोल (lola, shaking, swinging), कल्लोल (kallola, a wave, surge, billow).

Pronunciation

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Root

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हिल्लोलय (hillolaya)

  1. to swing or rock or roll about

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “हिल्लोलय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1300/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 540-1