پل
Baluchi
Etymology
Compare Hindustani फूल (phūl) / پھول (phūl), Persian گُل (gol).
Noun
پل • (pull)
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)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Persian پل (pol), from Proto-Iranian *pr̥tuš.
Noun
پل • (pul)
References
- ^ Julian Kreidl (2021) “Lambdacism and the development of Old Iranian *t in Pashto”, in Iran and the Caucasus
Persian
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): /ˈpul/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰʊl]
- (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)
Descendants
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)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pəl/
Noun
پَل • (pal) m (Hindi spelling पल)
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