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

Noun

پل (pol) (plural پل‌ها (pol-hâ))

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

Descendants

  • Bengali: পুল (pul)

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Persian پل (pol).

Noun

پل (pul) m (Hindi spelling पुल)

  1. bridge
  2. causeway

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit पल (pala).

Noun

پل (pal) m (Hindi spelling पल)

  1. moment (24 seconds)
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