رولا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑁄𑀮 (rōla), from Sanskrit रव (ráva, “roar; cry”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *rew- (“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

رَوࣇا • (rauḷā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਰੌਲ਼ਾ)

1. noise, uproar
   • 2002, فقیر محمد فقیر [Faqīr Muḥammad Faqīr], پنجابی زبان و ادب کی تاریخ [Panjābī zubān o adab kī tārīk̲h̲, The History of Punjabi Language and Literature], 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)	رَولیاں (rauleyāṉ)
vocative	رَولیا (rauleyā)	رَولیو (rauleyo)
ablative	رَولیوں (rauleyoṉ)	—
locative	رَولے (raule)	—
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