رولا

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH-

Sanskrit रव (rava)

Punjabi رَوࣇا (rauḷā)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑁄𑀮 (rōla), from Sanskrit रव (ráva, “roar; cry”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, yell; a rustling sound”). Cognate with Pahari-Potwari رولا (rolā), Hindi रौल (raul) among others.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɾɔː.läː/, [ɾɔː.ɭäː]
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: رَو‧لا

Noun

رَولا or رَوࣇا • (raulā or rauḷā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਰੌਲ਼ਾ)

1. noise, uproar
   • 2002, فقیر محمد فقیر, پنجابی زبان و ادب کی تاریخ, Lahore: سنگِ میل پبلیکیشنز – Sang-i-Mīl Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 492:

     ایس خط دا سارے پنڈ وچ رولا پے گیا۔

     ais xatt dā sāre pinḍ vicc raulā pai gayā.

     The letter caused an uproar in the entire village.

2. quarrel
3. problem

Declension

Declension of رولا
dir. sg.	رَولا (raulā)
dir. pl.	رَولے (raule)
	singular	plural
direct	رَولا (raulā)	رَولے (raule)
oblique	رَولے (raule)	رَولیْاں (rauliyāṉ)
vocative	رَولیْا (rauliyā)	رَولیو (rauleyo)
ablative	رَولیوں (rauleyoṉ)	رَولیْاں (rauliyāṉ)
locative	–	رَولِیں (raulīṉ)
instrumental	رَولے (raule)	–

Derived terms

Derived terms

• رَولا آݨا (raulā āṇā)
• رَولا پاہݨا (raulā pāhṇā)
• رَولا پَیݨا (raulā paiṇā)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “رَولا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “رولا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ráva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 616