# кола
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* koła — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolo. Compare with Polish koło.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkoɫa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ко́ла • (kóla) n inan (genitive ко́ла, nominative plural ко́лы, genitive plural ко́лаў)
* wheel (round simple machine allowing vehicles to move)
* wheel (simple machine on an axis allowing for rotation)
* circle (anything round)
    Synonym: круг (kruh)
* circle (enclosure made by people usually holding hands, often as a children's game)
    Synonym: круг (kruh)
* circle (specific groups of persons; especially one who shares a common interest)
    Synonym: круг (kruh)
* kolo (Slavic dance in which dancers stand in a circle and hold hands)

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### Derived terms

* калёсы (kaljósy)
* калаўро́т (kalaŭrót)

### References

* “кола” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
* “кола”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

## Bulgarian
### Etymology 1

Reanalyzed plural of Proto-Slavic *kolo n (“wheel”), reinterpreted as а feminine singular.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [koˈɫa]

#### Noun

кола́ • (kolá) f
* car, motorcar, automobile, sedan, saloon car
    Synonym: автомобил (avtomobil)
* cart, wagon
* cartload

##### Declension

$^1$Dialectal. $^2$Archaic.

##### Related terms

* колело́ (koleló, “wheel”)
* коле́сник (kolésnik, “undercarriage”)
* коле́сница (kolésnica, “carriage”)
* каля́ска (kaljáska, “chariot”)

#### References

* “кола”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “кола”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* кола in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian colla, from Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔɫɐ]

#### Noun

ко́ла • (kóla) f
* starch

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Greek κόλλα (kólla, “sheet (of paper)”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔɫɐ]

#### Noun

ко́ла • (kóla) f
* (printer’s) sheet, quire

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

Borrowed from English cola, from a Niger-Congo language.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔɫɐ]

#### Noun

ко́ла • (kóla) f
* (botany) cola

##### Declension
## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔɫa]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ко‧ла
* Rhymes: -ɔɫa

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolo, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.

#### Noun

кола • (kola) f (plural коли, diminutive количка or количе, augmentative колиште)
* car, motorcar, automobile
* cart, wagon
* cartload

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

кола • (kola) f
* (archaic) starch
    Synonym: штирак (štirak)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English cola, from a Niger-Congo language.

#### Noun

кола • (kola) f (plural коли)
* Coca-Cola, a coke, a cola
* (botany) cola

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

кола • (kola)
* count plural of кол m (kol)

##### Related terms

* колови (kolovi), колје (kolje)

### References

* “кола” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Nogai
### Etymology

Cognate to Karakalpak qola (“bronze”), Kazakh қола (qola, “bronze”), Kyrgyz коло (kolo, “bronze”), Southern Altai коло (kolo, “bronze, tin”), etc.

### Noun

кола • (kola)
* tin

### References

* N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “кола”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

## Northern Altai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kōla. Cognate to Tuvan хола (xola), etc.

### Noun

кола • (kola)
* copper (yellow)

### References

* N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “кола”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN
* Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (2000) “қо:ла”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume VI, Moscow: Indrik, page 44

## Old Church Slavonic
### Etymology

From коло (kolo), from Proto-Slavic *kolo.

### Noun

кола • (kola) n
* wheels
* a cart

## Russian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English cola, from a Niger-Congo language.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkoɫə]

#### Noun

ко́ла • (kóla) f inan (genitive ко́лы, nominative plural ко́лы, genitive plural кол)
* (informal) Coca-Cola
* (botany) cola
    оре́хи кола ― oréxi kola ― cola nuts

##### Descendants

* → Armenian: կոլա (kola)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɐˈɫa]

#### Noun

кола́ • (kolá) m inan
* genitive singular of кол (kol)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

From ко̏ло (“wheel”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kôla/
* Hyphenation: ко‧ла

#### Noun

ко̏ла n pl (Latin spelling kȍla)
* (plural only) cart, wagon, vehicle
* (plural only, Bosnia, Serbia) car
* plural of коло

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cola, from a Niger-Congo language.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kôːla/
* Hyphenation: ко‧ла

#### Noun

ко̑ла f (Latin spelling kȏla)
* Coca-Cola, a coke, a cola

##### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English cola, from a Niger-Congo language.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔɫɐ]

#### Noun

ко́ла • (kóla) f inan (genitive ко́ли, nominative plural ко́ли, genitive plural кол)
* (botany) cola, kola
* kola nut
* (informal) cola (a drink originally made with kola nut flavouring)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɔˈɫa]

#### Noun

кола́ • (kolá) m inan
* genitive singular of кіл (kil)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔɫɐ]

#### Noun

ко́ла • (kóla) n inan
* inflection of ко́ло (kólo):
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural