# होली (holī)

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होली (holī) is a Sanskrit word meaning the Holaka festival or the song sung during it, the Holika festival.

- **SLP1:** `holI`  **IAST:** holī  **Devanagari:** होली
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/holi/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### The Holi Festival (3 definitions)
- See holaka.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1306,3] होली (holī) See above under होलाका (holākā). [ ID=264636 ]
- The Holika festival  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होली (holī) [Printed book page 838-36 ] होली (holī) f. The Holikā festival. [ ID=43546 ]
- The Holaka festival or the song sung during it.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > होली (holī) [Printed book page 1179-a ] Holī (or according to some also holikā, hūlī ), the common designation of the Holākā festival or of the song sung during the festival. [ ID=54441 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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