The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromदोल“dangling cradle; litter”
- Hindi · borrowed fromडोली
- English todaydooly
From Hindi डोली (ḍolī), from डोला (ḍolā, “litter”) + -ई (-ī, “forming diminutives”), from Sanskrit दोल (dōlā, “dangling cradle; litter”), from दुल् (dul, “to swing”). Compare andor from Sanskrit हिन्दोल (hindola) via Portuguese.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.