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See also: كل, کل, کُل, and گُل

Bakhtiari

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Suffix

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

Noun

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

  1. Arabic spelling of gul (“flower”)

Declension

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Laki

Noun

گل (gil)

  1. flower

Mazanderani

Etymology 1

Cognate with Classical Persian گرزه (garza, “rat”).

Noun

گل (gal)

  1. mouse

Etymology 2

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

Noun

گل (gël)

  1. flower

Persian

FWOTD – 4 August 2019

Etymology 1

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

    Pronunciation

     

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    • Rhymes: -ol

    Noun

    گل • (gul / gol) (plural گل‌ها (gul-hā / gol-hâ), Tajik spelling гул)

    1. flower
    2. (archaic, literary) rose
      Synonyms: گل سرخ (gol-e sorx), رز (roz)
      • 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 چمن با گل نوخاسته گفت
        ناز کم کن که در این باغ بسی چون تو شکفت
        subhdam murġ-i čaman bā gul-i nawxāsta guft
        nāz kam kun ki dar īn bāġ basē čūn tū šukuft
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
        (Classical Persian transliteration)
    3. the core of a watermelon (the sweetest part)
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    Descendants
    • → Arabic: جُلّ (jull)
    • → Bashkir: гөл (göl)
    • → Bengali: গুল (gul)
    • → Chagatai: گل (gül)
    • → Gilaki: گل (gul)
    • → Gujarati: ગુલ (gul)
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: गुल (gul)
      Urdu: گل (gul)
    • → Ishkashimi: [script needed] (gul)
    • → Kashmiri: गुल (gul)
    • → Kazakh: гүл (gül)
    • → Khalaj: gul
    • → Kyrgyz: гүл (gül)
    • → Mandaic: ࡂࡅࡋ (gul)
    • → Northern Kurdish: gul
    • → Old Anatolian Turkish: كل (gül)
    • → Parachi: ګل (gul)
    • → Pashto: ګل (gul)
    • → Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਗੁਲ (gul)
      Shahmukhi script: گل (gul)
    • → Sanglechi: gɛl
    • → Sarikoli: gəl
    • → Shahmirzadi: [script needed] (gel)
    • → Shughni: гул (gul)
    • → Sindhi: گل (gulu)
    • → Turkmen: gül
    • → Wakhi: gul, gыl
    • → Yazghulami: г̊ол (g̊ol)
    • → Yidgha: گل (gul)

    Etymology 2

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    From Middle Persian TYNA / gl (gil).

    Pronunciation

     

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    Noun

    گل • (gil / gel) (plural گل‌ها (gil-hā / gel-hâ), Tajik spelling гил)

    1. clay
    2. silt
    3. mud
    4. lair
    Derived terms
    • کاه‌گل (kâh-gel)
    • کاه‌گلی (kâh-geli)
    • گل لگد کردن (gel lagad kardan)
    • گل و لای (gel-o-lây)
    • گلی (geli)
    • گل‌آلود (gel-âlud)
    • گل‌مالی (gel-mâli)
    Descendants
    • Tajik: гил (gil)
    • → Armenian: (dialectal) գիլ (gil)
    • → Azerbaijani: gil
    • → Gujarati: ગિલ (gil)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: كیل (gil, kil)

    References

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

    Etymology 3

    Borrowed from English goal.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

    More information Dari, Iranian Persian ...

    گل • (gol) (plural گل‌ها (gol-hâ))

    1. (chiefly Iran, sports, soccer) goal
    Derived terms
    • پرگل (por-gol)
    • گل خوردن (gol xordan)
    • گل زدن (gol zadan)
    • گل کوچیک (gol kučik)
    • گل‌زن (gol-zan)
    • گل‌نزن (gol-nazan)

    Etymology 4

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

    Pronunciation

     

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    Adjective

    گل • (gul) (Dari, colloquial)

    1. (Hazaragi, Kabuli) off, disabled
    Derived terms
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    Punjabi

    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

    گَلّ • (gall) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਗੱਲ)

    1. topic; matter (of a conversation)
      Synonym: بات (bāt)
    2. saying; quote (ie. the recollection of something said, as opposed to a renowned or popular saying)
    Declension
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    Etymology 2

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

    Proper noun

    گِلّ • (gill) m or f (Gurmukhi spelling ਗਿੱਲ)

    1. a Punjabi surname, Gill

    Further reading

    More information
    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “گل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • “ਗਿੱਲ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
    • “ਗੱਲ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*grilla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 235
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “garhā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 218
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    Sindhi

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian گل (gul).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    گُلُ • (gulu) m (Devanagari गुलु)

    1. flower
    2. tree
    3. plant

    References

    • Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “گُلُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

    Urdu

    Etymology 1

    From Sanskrit गल (gala).

    Noun

    گل • (gal) m (Hindi spelling गल)

    1. throat
    2. neck
    3. hook

    Etymology 2

    From Sanskrit गल् (gal).

    Noun

    گل • (gal) m (Hindi spelling गल)

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

    Etymology 3

    Borrowed from Classical Persian گل (gil).

    Noun

    گل • (gil) f (Hindi spelling गिल)

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

    Etymology 4

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Iranian *wardah
      Old Persian *vr̥dah
      Middle Persian gwl
      Classical Persian گُل (gul)bor.
      Urdu گُل (gul)

      Borrowed from Classical Persian گُل (gul).

      Noun

      گُل • (gul) m (Hindi spelling गुल)

      1. flower
        باغوں میں گُل کِھلے ہَیں۔
        bāġõ mẽ gul khile ha͠i.
        Flowers have bloomed in the gardens.
      2. rose
        گُلِ گُلْزار ― gul-i gulzār ― Rose from the flowerbed
      Declension
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      Derived terms

      References

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