# दोला
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দোলা (Assamese script)
* ᬤᭀᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
* দোলা (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰺𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑁄𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ဒေါလာ (Burmese script)
* દોલા (Gujarati script)
* ਦੋਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑍋𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦺꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂷𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ದೋಲಾ (Kannada script)
* ទោលា (Khmer script)
* ໂທລາ (Lao script)
* ദോലാ (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᠣᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘻𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠣᠸᠠᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧜𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑑀𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
* ଦୋଲା (Odia script)
* ꢣꣂꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆾𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖺𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
* දොලා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩕𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚴𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
* தே³ாலா (Tamil script)
* దోలా (Telugu script)
* โทลา (Thai script)
* དོ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒼𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨆𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

With डोला f (ḍolā), and the prefixed forms आन्दोल (āndola, “swinging”), अन्दोलयति (andoláyati, “swings”), हिन्दोल (hindola), and their related words, probably borrowed from Munda. The root दुल् (dul, “to swing”) and derived forms are based upon this word.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɐw.lɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪oː.l̪ɑː/

### Noun

दोला • (dolā) stem, f (root दुल्)
* litter, hammock, palanquin, swing
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
* (figurative) fluctuation, uncertainty, doubt

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas

#### Derived terms

* अवदोल (avadola, “swinging”)
* चतुर्दोल (caturdola, “royal litter”)
* दोल (dola)
* दोलयति (dolayati)
* दोलाघर (dolāghara)
* दोलाधिरूढ (dolādhirūḍha, “mounted on swing”)
* दोलान्दोलन (dolāndolana)
* दोलायते (dolāyate, “to swing”)
* दोलायन्त्र (dolāyantra)
* दोलायमान (dolāyamāna, “oscillating”)
* दोलायात्रा (dolāyātrā)
* दोलालोल (dolālola, “restless”)
* दोली (dolī)
* नवदोल (navadola, “litter borne by 9 men”)
* पट्टदोल (paṭṭadola, “cloth swing”)
* संदोल (saṃdola, “pendulous ornament”)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: ڈُلَ m (ḍula, “rolling stone”), ڈوٗلُ m (ḍūlu), ڈوٗلِ (ḍūli, “litter”)
* Pali: दोला (dolā)
* Prakrit: डोल m (ḍola, “eye”), डोअण n (ḍoaṇa), डोला f (ḍolā, “swing, litter”)
** Central Indo-Aryan:
*** Hindi: डोल (ḍol), डोला (ḍolā), डोली (ḍolī, “litter, swing”)
**** English: dooly
** Eastern Indo-Aryan:
*** Assamese: দোলা (düla, “swing”), ডোলা (düla, “ornament”)
*** Bengali: দোলা (dōla, “swing”)
*** Odia: ଦୋଳ (doḷa), ଦୋଳା (doḷā), ଦୋଳି (doḷi, “swing”), ଡୋଳା (ḍoḷā, “pupil”)
** Northern Indo-Aryan:
*** Kumaoni: डोल, डोलो
*** Nepali: डोलि (ḍoli)
** Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
*** Punjabi: ਡੋਲ (ḍol), ਡੋਲਾ (ḍolā), ਡੋਲੀ (ḍolī)
** Southern Indo-Aryan:
*** Marathi: डोळा (ḍoḷā, “eye”), डोळी (ḍoḷī, “litter”)
** Western Indo-Aryan:
*** Gujarati: ડોળ (ḍoḷ, “bombast”), ડોળી (ḍoḷī, “litter”)
* → Old Javanese: joli
** Javanese: ꦗꦺꦴꦭꦶ (joli)
*** Indonesian: joli

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 67
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “दोला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 498.
* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dōla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press