हला _halā

हला 1 A female friend.

-2 The earth.

-3 Water.

-4 Spirituous liquor. -ind. A vocative particle used in addressing a female friend; (only in theatrical language); हला शकुन्तले अत्रैव तावन्मुहूर्त तिष्ठ Ś.1; cf. हण्डा also.