गुल्ला

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गुड (guḍa). Doublet of गुड़ (guṛ). Cognate with Bengali গোল্লা (gōlla)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡʊl.lɑː/, [ɡʊl.läː]

Noun

गुल्ला • (gullā) m (Urdu spelling گُلّا)

1. ball; pellet
2. (regional) a small piece of sugarcane
3. (regional) short axle (of a lever beam

Declension

Declension of गुल्ला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गुल्ला gullā	गुल्ले gulle
oblique	गुल्ले gulle	गुल्लों gullõ
vocative	गुल्ले gulle	गुल्लो gullo

Derived terms

• रसगुल्ला (rasgullā)

 

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “गुल्ला”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]