solah

English

Alternative forms

• shola
• sola

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Urdu سلا (solā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊlə/

Noun

solah (countable and uncountable, plural solahs)

1. A tall plant growing in the swamps of India; its pith is used to make hats.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 93:

     he descended in a new khaki suit—tight fitting—of a delicate olive-green; a peacock-blue tie, white collar, and a snowy white solah helmet.

Anagrams

• HALOs, LOHAS, Sohal, halos, shoal, shola