گول

See also: کول

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡoːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡoːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡʊːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥uːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɵl]

Readings
Classical reading?	gōl
Dari reading?	gōl
Iranian reading?	gul
Tajik reading?	gül

Noun

Dari	گول
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гӯл

گول • (gul)

1. deceit; trick
2. idiot
   • 1700s, Āẕar Baygdilī, دیوان آذر بیگدلی‎^[1]:

     اگر بستمت از نکوهش زبان
     مرا گول نشمار و غافل مدان

     agar bastam-at az nakuheš zabân
     ma-râ gul na-šomâr o ğâfel ma-dân

     If I close my tongue to you from reproach,
     Consider me not a fool, nor think that I am ignorant.

Derived terms

• گول خوردن (gul xordan, “to be tricked”)
• گول زدن (gul zadan, “to trick”)

 

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गोल (gola).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡoːl/
• Rhymes: -oːl

Adjective

گول • (gol) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling गोल)

1. round, circular, spherical

Related terms

• گولا (golā)
• گولی (golī)

References

• “گول”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گول”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu گول (gōl).

Adjective

گول (gōl)

1. round, circular, spherical
2. confused

Noun

گول (gōl)

1. circle