کول

See also: كول and گول

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʊl/

Adjective

کول (kul)

  1. blunt, dull

Derived terms

Mazanderani

Etymology 1

Compare Central Kurdish کول (kul).

Noun

کول (kul)

  1. tree bark
  2. skin

Etymology 2

Compare Persian کوه, Arabic قلة.

Derived terms

  • کولاب (kulāb, wave)

Noun

کول (kul)

  1. hill

Etymology 3

present stem of Mazanderani کول بموئن (kul bemu'en, to ferment, to boil)

Noun

کول (kul)

  1. boiling

Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ˈwəl/
  • (Dialectal) IPA(key): /koːl/

Verb

کول • (kawә́l) (present imperfect stem کو (kaw), present perfect stem کړ (k(ṙ)), past perfect stem کړ (kṙ))

  1. to do, make

Usage notes

The ړ is not always pronounced in present perfective forms in colloquial speech, but in some dialects and formal speaking it is always pronounced.

Conjugation

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 238

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐫐𐫇𐫓 (kwl /⁠kōl⁠/, pit, sink). Related to کولیدن (kulidan, to dig, furrow).

The sense 'lake' probably from a Turkic source, compare Uzbek koʻl (lake), Kazakh көл (köl, lake), Bashkir күл (kül, lake), from Proto-Turkic *kȫl (lake).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? kōl
Dari reading? kōl
Iranian reading? kul
Tajik reading? kül

Noun

Dari کول
Iranian Persian
Tajik кӯл

کول • (kôl)

  1. ditch
  2. pond
  3. reservoir
  4. lake
Synonyms
  • کولاب (kôlâb)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʰuːl]

Noun

کول • (kul)

  1. shoulder
  2. back
Derived terms

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਕੋਲਿ (koli), from Prakrit 𑀓𑁄𑀮 (kōla), from Sanskrit कोल (kōlá).

Pronunciation

Adjective

کول or کوࣇ • (kol or koḷ) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਕੋਲ or ਕੋਲ਼)

  1. close, near

Adverb

کول or کوࣇ • (kol or koḷ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੋਲ or ਕੋਲ਼)

  1. (دے (de) ~) near, close to, by; belonging to, of; being in one's possession or vicinity.

Postposition

کول or کوࣇ • (kol or koḷ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੋਲ or ਕੋਲ਼)

  1. belonging to, of (ie. being in one's possession or in the vicinity of)
  2. near, close
  3. to, by

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کول”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “کول”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • ਕੋਲ਼”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “krōḍá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 187