MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Golak mean?
Golak is the Sanskrit noun for a ball or globe, retained in Odia. The same word can describe a round object used in play or a larger spherical form.
Pronunciation
IAST: golaka
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Odia
ଗୋଲକ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
गोलक
Letter-by-letter: golaka
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Golak in Indian usage
5,993 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 1,296 records (21.6%).
- Recorded as male: 4,697 records (78.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 641 |
| 1950s | 1,146 |
| 1960s | 1,247 |
| 1970s | 1,217 |
| 1980s | 907 |
| 1990s | 492 |
| Other decades | 343 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 5,993 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, golaka, p. 368,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.