See also: بل and تل

Baluchi edit

Etymology edit

Compare Hindustani फूल (phūl) / پھول (phūl), Persian گُل (gol).

Noun edit

پل (pull)

  1. flower

Pashto edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Pathan *pal (foot), from an ancestral Middle Iranian form *pál,[1] from Proto-Iranian *pā́dah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́das, thematicized form of *pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Noun edit

پل (pal)

  1. footprint
  2. step

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Persian پل (pol), from Proto-Iranian *pr̥tuš.

Noun edit

پل (pul)

  1. bridge

References edit

  1. ^ Julian Kreidl (2021), “Lambdacism and the development of Old Iranian *t in Pashto”, in Iran and the Caucasus

Persian edit

 
Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa
 
بازتاب سی و سه پل در آب
Si-o-Se Bridge reflected in the water

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭫𐭩 (puhl, bridge), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (crossing) (compare English ford, German Furt, and Latin portus).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? pul
Dari reading? pul
Iranian reading? pol
Tajik reading? pul

Noun edit

پُل (pol) (plural پل‌ها (pol-hâ))

  1. bridge
  2. (music, lutherie) sound post

Descendants edit

  • Bengali: পুল (pul)
  • Romani: phurt

Urdu edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian پل (pul).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

پُل (pulm (Hindi spelling पुल)

  1. bridge
  2. causeway

Etymology 2 edit

From Sanskrit पल (pala).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

پَل (palm (Hindi spelling पल)

  1. moment (24 seconds)