Holi

holi holí hòli hồ li English thumb|right|250px|Krishna Celebrating Holi with Radha and Gopis Etymology Borrowed from en hi होली, from en sa होला. Pronunciation en /ˈhəʊliː/ UK en /ˈhoʊli/ US en /ˈhoːliː/ /hoːɭiː/ Indic en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Holi.wav Southern England Proper noun s A Hindu festival, held in the spring, during which people throw coloured powders at each other during noisy street celebrations. en 1830 Narrative of a Journey Overland from England Anne Katharine Curteis Elwood 229 At the Hoolie or Spring Festival, which happened in March, the Sepoys came round in procession, and exhibited anautch for our amusement in front of our bungalow, and a sort of play, the performers enacting the part of wild beasts. Translations Hindu festival Assamese: as ফাঁকুৱা, as দৌল উৎসৱ, as হলি Bengali: bn দোলযাত্রা Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 侯丽节 Esperanto: eo Finnish: fi holi French: fr Holî f Greek: el Χόλι Gujarati: gu હોળી Hindi: hi होली f Kannada: kn Malay: ms Holi Malayalam: ml ഹോളി, ml ഹോലി Marathi: mr होळी Marwari: mwr होळी Nepali: ne होली Odia: or ହୋଲି Persian: fa هولی holi Polish: pl Holi n Portuguese: pt Holi m Punjabi: pa ਹੋਲੀ, pa ہولی holī Russian: ru Холи Sanskrit: sa होला Sinhalese: si හෝලි උත්සවය Slovak: sk Holí Spanish: es holi m Tamil: ta ஹோலி Telugu: te హోళీ Turkish: tr holi Urdu: ur ہولی f Anagrams en hilo Hilo hi-lo en Hinduism Portuguese Proper noun m pt Hinduism en Holi a spring festival