हाला

हाला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हाला (hālā).

Noun

हाला • (hālā) f

1. wine; fermented grape juice.
   • 1935, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Madhushala [The Tavern] :

     बने पुजारी प्रेमी साकी, गंगाजल पावन हाला
     रहे फेरता अविरत गति से मधु के प्यालों की माला

     bane pujārī premī sākī, gaṅgājal pāvan hālā
     rahe phertā avirat gati se madhu ke pyālõ kī mālā

     My beloved wine-maiden seems a priest; her wine as pure as the Ganga's waters.
     With unbroken pace, she rotates the rosary of wine glasses.

   Synonyms: मदिरा (madirā), द्राक्षिरा (drākṣirā), शराब (śarāb)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰālaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵʰālaH, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰēleh₂ (“concentrated alcohol”). Cognate with Ancient Greek χάλις (khális, “pure wine”), Thracian ζίλαι (zilai).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː.l̪ɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑː.l̪ɑː/

Noun

हाला • (hālā) f

1. spirituous liquor

   Synonyms: मदिरा (madirā), सुरा (surā), शुण्डा (śuṇḍā), मधुर (madhura)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of हाला
Nom. sg.	हाला (hālā)
Gen. sg.	हालायाः (hālāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हाला (hālā)	हाले (hāle)	हालाः (hālāḥ)
Vocative	हाले (hāle)	हाले (hāle)	हालाः (hālāḥ)
Accusative	हालाम् (hālām)	हाले (hāle)	हालाः (hālāḥ)
Instrumental	हालया (hālayā)	हालाभ्याम् (hālābhyām)	हालाभिः (hālābhiḥ)
Dative	हालायै (hālāyai)	हालाभ्याम् (hālābhyām)	हालाभ्यः (hālābhyaḥ)
Ablative	हालायाः (hālāyāḥ)	हालाभ्याम् (hālābhyām)	हालाभ्यः (hālābhyaḥ)
Genitive	हालायाः (hālāyāḥ)	हालयोः (hālayoḥ)	हालानाम् (hālānām)
Locative	हालायाम् (hālāyām)	हालयोः (hālayoḥ)	हालासु (hālāsu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “हाला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1293/1.