tola

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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.

OriginHindi तोला ← Urdu تولا ← Sanskrit तोलक →
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Meanings

tola1

nountola (plural tolas)

plural tolas · alternative tolah · alternative tole

  1. 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

tola2

nountola (plural tolas)

plural tolas

  1. A South American grassland shrub of the genus Parastrephia.

Tola3

proper nounTola (plural Tolas)

plural Tolas

  1. A surname.

Origin

tola · noun

  1. Sanskritतोलक
  2. Urduتولا
  3. Hindiतोला
  4. Englishtola

From Hindi तोला (tolā)/Urdu تولا (tolā), from Sanskrit तोलक (tolaka), from तोलः (tol, “weighing”) (root: तुल् (tul, “to weigh”)).

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tola · noun

  1. Spanishtola
  2. Spanishtola
  3. Englishtola

Borrowed from Spanish tola.

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Tola · proper noun

  1. Amharicቶላ
  2. ItalianTola
  3. EnglishTola

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Tola, a surname of Sardinian origin. * Borrowed from Amharic ቶላ (tola).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tola

MotorolaAngolacolaPensacolaviolalolaOsceolacanolaholaRollagondolanolabolagranolaTortolakolaebolamineolaIolamolaApalachicolagorgonzolaareolapayola
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Anagrams

altolotaToal
Cite this entry
APA

tola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tola

MLA

“tola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tola. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tola,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tola.

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