लोली

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

लोल (lola, moving to and fro) +‎ -ई (, feminine suffix)

Pronunciation

Noun

लोली • (lolī) stemf (root लुल्)

  1. (music) a kind of composition
    • 1875, Sourindra M. Tagore, Saṃgītasārasaṃgraha 5:
      सानुप्रासैस्त्रिभिः खण्डैर्मण्डिता प्राकृतैः पदैः ।
      प्रान्ते लोलीपदोपेता लोली गेया विचक्षणैः ॥
      इति लोली
      sānuprāsaistribhiḥ khaṇḍairmaṇḍitā prākṛtaiḥ padaiḥ.
      prānte lolīpadopetā lolī geyā vicakṣaṇaiḥ.
      iti lolī.
      The lolī is to be sung by the wise as [a composition] adorned with three sections containing alliteration, [composed] of Prakrit words, and featuring the word 'lolī' at the end. Thus [ends the description of] the lolī.

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of लोली
singular dual plural
nominative लोली (lolī) लोल्यौ (lolyau) लोल्यः (lolyaḥ)
accusative लोलीम् (lolīm) लोल्यौ (lolyau) लोलीः (lolīḥ)
instrumental लोल्या (lolyā) लोलीभ्याम् (lolībhyām) लोलीभिः (lolībhiḥ)
dative लोल्यै (lolyai) लोलीभ्याम् (lolībhyām) लोलीभ्यः (lolībhyaḥ)
ablative लोल्याः (lolyāḥ) लोलीभ्याम् (lolībhyām) लोलीभ्यः (lolībhyaḥ)
genitive लोल्याः (lolyāḥ) लोल्योः (lolyoḥ) लोलीनाम् (lolīnām)
locative लोल्याम् (lolyām) लोल्योः (lolyoḥ) लोलीषु (lolīṣu)
vocative लोलि (loli) लोल्यौ (lolyau) लोल्यः (lolyaḥ)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), “Lola, (ī)”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 905, column 2:(ī), f. (in music) a kind of composition, Saṃgīt.