See also: كل, کل, کُل, and گُل

Bakhtiari

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Cognate with Southern Kurdish گل (gil), Southwestern Fars گل, Persian گله.

Suffix

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گل (gel)

  1. A suffix forming the plural of an animate noun.
    کرگل مین هونه بین
    korgel meīne howne bīn
    The boys were in the house

Khalaj

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Noun

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گُل (gul) (definite accusative گُلوُ, plural گُللار)

  1. Arabic spelling of gul (flower)

Declension

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Laki

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Noun

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گل (gil)

  1. flower

Mazanderani

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Etymology 1

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Cognate to Classical Persian گرزه (garza, rat).

Noun

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گل (gal)

  1. mouse

Etymology 2

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From Persian گل (gol). Displaced native Old Mazanderani ول (*vel).

Noun

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گل (gël)

  1. flower

Persian

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Etymology 1

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    گل

    From late Middle Persian gwl (gul, rose, flower), from Old Persian *vr̥dah.

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    Classical reading? gul
    Dari reading? gul
    Iranian reading? gol
    Tajik reading? gul

    Noun

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    Dari گُل
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik гул

    گل (gol) (plural گُل‌ها)

    1. flower
    2. (archaic, literary) rose
      • 940-1020, فردوسی [firdawsī], شهنامه [šahnāma]:
        زن شیر از آن نامه شهریار
        چو رخشنده گل شد به وقت بهار
        zan-i šēr az ān nāma-yi šahryār
        čū raxšanda-gul šud ba waqt-i bahār
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
        (Classical Persian transliteration)
      • 1325-1389, حافظ [hāfiz], دیوان حافظ [dēwān-i hāfiz]:
        صبحدم مرغ سحر با گل نوخاسته گفت
        ناز کم کن که در این باغ بسی چون تو شکفت
        subhdam murğ-i čaman bā gul-i nawxāsta guft
        nāz kam kun ki dar īn bāğ basē čūn tū šukuft
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
        (Classical Persian transliteration)
    3. the core of a watermelon (which is the sweetest part)
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    Etymology 2

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    From Middle Persian TYNA / gl (gil).

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    Readings
    Classical reading? gil
    Dari reading? gil
    Iranian reading? gel
    Tajik reading? gil

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    Dari گل
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik гил

    گل (gel) (plural گل‌ها (gel-hâ))

    1. clay
    2. silt
    3. mud
    4. lair
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    References

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    • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gil”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 36

    Etymology 3

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    Borrowed from English goal.

    Pronunciation

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    Readings
    Iranian reading? gol

    Noun

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    Dari گول
    Iranian Persian گل
    Tajik гол

    گل (gol) (plural گل‌ها (gol-hâ))

    1. (chiefly Iran, sports, soccer) goal
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    Etymology 4

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation

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    Readings
    Dari reading? gul

    Adjective

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    گل (gul) (Dari, colloquial)

    1. (Hazaragi, Kabuli) off, disabled
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    Punjabi

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    Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀕𑀮𑀳𑀸 (galahā) (Kalsi), from Sanskrit गर्हा (garhā).

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    گَلّ (gallf (Gurmukhi spelling ਗੱਲ)

    1. saying; conversation (ie. things to say)
      Synonym: بات (bāt)
    2. matter
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    Declension of گل
    dir. sg. گَلّ (gall)
    dir. pl. گَلّاں (gallāṉ)
    singular plural
    direct گَلّ (gall) گَلّاں (gallāṉ)
    oblique گَلّ (gall) گَلّاں (gallāṉ)
    vocative گَلّے (galle) گَلّو (gallo)
    ablative گَلّوں (galloṉ) گَلّاں (gallāṉ)
    locative گَلّی (gallī) گَلِّیں (galliīṉ)
    instrumental گَلِّیں (galliīṉ) گَلّے (galle)

    Etymology 2

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    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (gilla), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*grilla).

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    گِلّ (gillm or f (Gurmukhi spelling ਗਿੱਲ)

    1. a Punjabi surname, Gill

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    Sindhi

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian گل (gul).

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    گُلُ (gulum (Devanagari गुलु)

    1. flower
    2. tree
    3. plant

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    • Khānu, Balocu (19601988) “گُلُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

    Urdu

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    Etymology 1

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    From Sanskrit गल (gala).

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    گل (galm (Hindi spelling गल)

    1. throat
    2. neck
    3. hook

    Etymology 2

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    From Sanskrit गल् (gal).

    Noun

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    گل (galm (Hindi spelling गल)

    1. speech
    2. word
    3. saying
    4. affair

    Etymology 3

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian گل (gil).

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    گل (gilf (Hindi spelling गिल)

    1. earth, mud, silt, clay
    2. bole

    Etymology 4

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      Borrowed from Classical Persian گُل (gul).

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      گُل (gulm (Hindi spelling गुल)

      1. flower
        باغوں میں گُل کِھلے ہَیں۔
        bāġõ mẽ gul khile ha͠i.
        Flowers have bloomed in the gardens.
      2. rose
        گُلِ گُلْزارgul-i gulzārRose from the flowerbed
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          Declension of گل
      singular plural
      direct گل (gul) گل (gul)
      oblique گل (gul) گلوں (gulõ)
      vocative گل (gul) گلو (gulo)
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      References

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      • Platts, John T. (1884) “گل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.