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नला nalā[Prk. णलअं; S. नलकं; or perhaps Prk. णालअंor नालअं; S. नालकं], s.m. A large pipe, or tube;—one of the two ureters; a urinary duct;—a bone; the tibia; the radius of the arm;—(dialec.) a kind of firework:—āhanī-nalā, or bhū`īṅ-nalā, A Roman candle made of iron, or buffalo-horn, orbamboo, placed on the ground:—dam-nalā, A variety of the abovementioned, but with occasional globes of bright light bursting up:—hath-nalā, A similar Roman candle, but small, and held in the hand.
Origin: Hindi