ول

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ul"

Bulgar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *öl-.

Verb

وَل (vel)

1. (Volga Bulgar) to die

   جرمسَن شِونَ بَرسَ وَلتِ ― Çerimsen şıwne barse welti. ― He died when he get to the Çerimsen river.

References

• Erdal, Marcel (1993) Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 42
• Róna-Tas, András (1976) “A Volga Bulgarıan Inscription from 1307”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎^[1] (in Bulgar), volume 30, number 2, page 155
• Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎^[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN

Mazanderani

Etymology

Probably cognate with Parthian wxr- (waxr-, “to turn aside, twist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋæːl/

Adjective

ول (val)

1. bent, crooked

Old Punjabi

Etymology

From Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Maharastri Prakrit 𑀉𑀯𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺𑀬𑀇 (uvalliyaï)), from Sanskrit उपलीयते (upalīyate, “to lie close to”). Compare Old Marathi 𑘌𑘯𑘜𑘹 (oḷaṇe), 𑘪𑘻𑘯𑘜𑘹 (voḷaṇe).

Adverb

وَلِّ (valli)

1. near, at one's side

   کَے وَلِّ ― kai valli ― near, beside

Descendants

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਵੱਲ (valla)

  Shahmukhi script: وَلّ (vall)

Persian

Etymology 1

Related to ویلان (veylân). Perhaps related to Gilaki وشتن (vašten, “to allow”) (present stem “ول val”).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɪl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɪl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɪl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wil̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vel̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vil]

Readings
Classical reading?	wil
Dari reading?	wil
Iranian reading?	vel
Tajik reading?	vil

Adjective

ول • (vel)

1. free
2. loose
3. vagrant

Derived terms

• ول کردن (vel kardan)
• ول شدن (vel šodan)
• ول گفتن (vel goftan)

Etymology 2

From Fahlavīyāt, from Middle Persian [Term?].

Noun

ول • (vol or val)

1. (obsolete) flower

Etymology 3

A recent borrowing from English vole.

Noun

ول • (vol)

1. vole

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ول”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ʋ)əl.lɪ̆/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Punjabi وَلِّ (valli), from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀉𑀯𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺𑀬𑀤𑀺 (uvalliyadi)), from Sanskrit उपलीयते (upalīyate, “to lie close to”).

Noun

ول • (vallĭ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੱਲ)

1. way, mode, manner

   Synonyms: ڈَھن٘گ (ḍhaṉg), چَجّ (cajj)

Postposition

ول • (vallĭ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੱਲ)

1. in the direction of, toward

   اوہ اج-کلھ آپݨی پڑھائی ول دھیان رکھدا پیا ہے۔

   oh ajj kallh āpṇī paṛhā'ī vall dhiāṇ rakkhdā peyā hai.

   He is paying attention to his studies these days.

   Synonym: طَرف (t̤arf)

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

ول • (vall) (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੱਲ)

1. good, well; recovered

   Synonym: ٹِھیک (ṭhīk)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “upalīyatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 104

Talysh

Etymology

Akin to Persian گل (gol); see there for more information.

Noun

ول (vel, vəl)

1. flower
2. rose

Ushojo

Noun

ول (val)

1. whirlpool
2. a bundle of wood, rope, etc.