tola
tola noun: a unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams) in 1833, and of a similar but slightly variable value before that date.
Noun (1)
tola (plural tolas)
- A unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams) in 1833, and of a similar but slightly variable value before that date.
- Mr. Muhammad Sufyan, however, gained no weight: not a tola, not an ounce.1988, Salman Rushdie, chapter V, in The Satanic Verses, page 256
Noun (2)
tola (plural tolas)
- A South American grassland shrub of the genus Parastrephia.
Proper noun capitalized: Tola
Tola (plural Tolas)
- A surname.
tola meaning in Marathi, Gujarati and Odia
tola in Marathi
- tola
- तोळा toḷā
tola in Gujarati
- tola
- તોલા tolā
tola in Odia
- tola
- ତୋଳା toḷā
Forms of tola
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tolas |
| alternative form | tolah |
| alternative form | tole |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Tolas |
Origin of tola
From Hindi तोला (tolā)/Urdu تولا (tolā), from Sanskrit तोलक (tolaka), from तोलः (tol, “weighing”) (root: तुल् (tul, “to weigh”)).
Borrowed from Spanish tola.
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Tola, a surname of Sardinian origin. * Borrowed from Amharic ቶላ (tola).
Words that rhyme with tola
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- ebola
- granola
- idola
- Iola
- minneola
- pianola
- stola
- tombola
- Akmola
- arteriola
- blogola
- boffola
- bola
- braciola
- Carniola
- cashola
- caveola
- Coca Cola
- Coca-Cola
- crapola
- eidola
- gayola
- gladiola
- gorgonzola
- hemiola
- hideola
- Hispaniola
- hola
- lola
- mandola
- mineola
- mola
- mola mola
- Motorola
- moviola
- Ndola
- nola
- payola
- Pensacola
- plugola
- Poehler
- pseudovariola
- pyrola
- salsola
- scagliola
- Shinola
- shola
- solah
Questions about tola
- What does tola mean?
- Tola means a unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams) in 1833, and of a similar but slightly variable value before that date.
- What is tola in Marathi?
- Tola in Marathi is तोळा (toḷā). See Tola meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is tola?
- Tola can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of tola?
- The plural of tola is tolas.
Words near tola in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tola (page history and authors); Tola (page history and authors); तोळा (Marathi) (page history and authors); તોલા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ତୋଳା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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