solah
English
Alternative forms
- shola
- sola
Etymology
From Urdu سلا (solā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsəʊlə/
Noun
solah (countable and uncountable, plural solahs)
- A tall plant growing in the swamps of India; its pith is used to make hats.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 93:
- he descended in a new khaki suit—tight fitting—of a delicate olive-green; a peacock-blue tie, white collar, and a snowy white solah helmet.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 93:
Anagrams
- HALOs, LOHAS, Sohal, halos, shoal, shola