پل

See also: بل and تل

Baluchi

Etymology

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

Noun

پل • (pull)

  1. flower

Pashto

Etymology 1

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

پل • (pal)

  1. footprint
  2. step

Etymology 2

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

Noun

پل • (pul)

  1. bridge

References

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

Persian

بازتاب سی و سه پل در آب
Si-o-Se Bridge reflected in the water

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

Dari پل
Iranian Persian
Tajik пул

پُل • (pol) (plural پل‌ها (pol-hâ))

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

Descendants

  • Bengali: পুল (pul)
  • Romani: phurt

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian پل (pul).

Pronunciation

Noun

پُل • (pul) m (Hindi spelling पुल)

  1. bridge
  2. causeway

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit पल (pala).

Pronunciation

Noun

پَل • (pal) m (Hindi spelling पल)

  1. moment (24 seconds)
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