tola

[ toh-lah ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.

tola

/ ˈtəʊlə /

a unit of weight, used in India, the eightieth part of a ser and equal to 180 grains

Origin of tola¹

1605–15; < Hindi tolā ≪ Sanskrit tolaka

Origin of tola¹

C17: from Hindi tolā, from Sanskrit tulā scale, from tul to weigh

Tola would have had a pleasant life with me; she would have been happy.

All that I have written is strict truth, but that truth will not bring Tola back to me.

On the morning after that day of disaster Tola's father came to me.

We had not thought of this, that Tola could find no greater attachment in the whole world.

I asked Tola's father then to go to his house with me; he consented with gladness.

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