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, 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

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

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰʊl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰʊl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰʊl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰul̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰol̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰul]

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

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پل”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “پل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian پل (pul).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pʊl/

Noun

پُل • (pul) m (Hindi spelling पुल)

1. bridge
2. causeway

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit पल (pala).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pəl/

Noun

پَل • (pal) m (Hindi spelling पल)

1. moment (24 seconds)