ہولا

Inherited from Sanskrit लघु (laghú).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɦɔː.läː/
• Rhymes: -äː

ہَولا • (haulā) (feminine ہَولی, Gurmukhi spelling ਹੌਲ਼ਾ)

1. light (as opposed to heavy)
2. gentle; easy
3. slow (as opposed to fast)
4. lower, less (as opposed to high, on a scale)
5. disgrace

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “ہَولا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਹੌਲ਼ਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “laghú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 631

Inherited from Sanskrit लघु (laghú). Doublet of لَوّا.

• IPA^(key): /hoː.lɑː/

ہولا (holā)

1. light (as opposed to heavy)
2. gentle

• “ہولا”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 342
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “laghú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 631