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3-letter words (2 found)

GUL,LUG,

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Definitions and meaning of gul

gul

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Gullah.

Symbol

gul

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gullah.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Gullah terms

English

Alternative forms

  • gol, göl, gül

Etymology

From Classical Persian گُل (gul, “flower”).

Noun

gul (plural guls)

  1. Any medallionlike design on a Central or West Asian rug.

Anagrams

  • LUG, lug, Lug

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH-; cognate with English callow, Serbo-Croatian gol, Latvian gāle (“sheet of ice, black ice”). Possibly related to ngul.

Adjective

gul (feminine gule)

  1. (Arbëresh) hornless

Derived terms

  • guli
  • gulixhë

References

Aleut

Pronunciation

  • (Western) IPA(key): /ˈɣul/

Verb

gul

  1. (Western) to go through

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kuːᴬ (“I; me”), *kawᴬ (“I; me”). Cognate with Thai กู (guu), Zhuang gou.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku˨˦/

Pronoun

gul

  1. I; me

Bura

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡúl]

Noun

gul

  1. small hole

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Cornish

Etymology

Contraction of gwul, cognate with Welsh gwneud, Breton ober (conjugation in gr-).

Verb

gul (irregular)

  1. do, make

Conjugation

Mutation

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse gulr, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡuːˀl/, [ɡ̊uˀl], [kuˀl]

Adjective

gul

  1. yellow

Inflection

See also

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣʏl/
  • Hyphenation: gul
  • Rhymes: -ʏl

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Probably cognate with West Frisian gol (“kind of heart”), Middle English gulle (“friendly”). A relation to gutsen has been suggested.

Adjective

gul (comparative guller, superlative gulst)

  1. generous, unselfish
  2. unsparing, plentiful
  3. hearty, cordial
Declension
Synonyms
  • (generous): genereus, goedgeefs, munificent, vrijgevig, royaal
Derived terms
  • gulaardig
  • gulhartig
  • gulheid
Related terms
  • gullen

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch *gul(le) (attested only in the diminutive gullekijn). Uncertain, but plausibly related to geel (“yellow”).

Noun

gul m or f (plural gullen, diminutive gulletje n)

  1. young cod

References

Faroese

Adjective

gul

  1. inflection of gulur:
    1. feminine nominative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative plural

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گُل (gul, “flower, rose”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡul/ [ˈɡʊl]
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Syllabification: gul

Noun

gul (plural gul-gul) (archaic, obsolete)

  1. synonym of bunga (“flower”)
  2. synonym of mawar (“rose”)

Further reading

  • “gul” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡulˠ/

Noun

gul m

  1. alternative form of dul (as a verbal noun only)

References

Khalaj

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گل (gul).

Pronunciation

  • (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [ɡʊl], [ɡo̝l]

Noun

gul (definite accusative gulı, plural gullar)

  1. flower

Declension

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Mangas

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡùl/

Noun

gul

  1. bone

References

  • Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • gull, gulle, gule, goule, goole

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse gulr, from Proto-Germanic *gulaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡul(ə)/, /ˈɡoːl(ə)/

Adjective

gul

  1. (Late Middle English) yellow, pale

Descendants

  • ⇒ Scots: golgrav

See also

References

  • “gul, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

North Frisian

Alternative forms

  • gölj (Mooring)
  • Gul (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian gold, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow”).

Noun

gul n

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) gold

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گُل (gul).

Noun

gul f

  1. flower

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gulr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʉːɽ/, /ɡʉːl/
  • (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA(key): [ɡʉːɽ]
  • Rhymes: -ʉːɽ

Adjective

gul (masculine and feminine gul, neuter gult, definite singular and plural gule, comparative gulere, indefinite superlative gulest, definite superlative guleste)

  1. yellow

Derived terms

References

  • “gul” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse gulr, from Proto-Germanic *gulaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʉːl/

Adjective

gul (neuter gult, definite singular and plural gule, comparative gulare, indefinite superlative gulast, definite superlative gulaste)

  1. yellow

Derived terms

See also

References

  • “gul” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Syllabification: gul
  • Homophones: ghul, gól, Gul

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

gul

  1. sound a turkey makes; gobble
  2. sound of bubbling; gurgle

Etymology 2

See ghul.

Noun

gul m animal

  1. (Islam) alternative spelling of ghul
Declension

Etymology 3

Clipping of gwoli.

Preposition

gul

  1. (Central Greater Poland, Środa, Pleszew) synonym of gwoli

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gul f

  1. genitive plural of gula

Further reading

  • gul in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gul in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “gul”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 18

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

gul m (genitive singular guil)

  1. verbal noun of guil

Southwestern Dinka

Noun

gul

  1. jaw

References

  • Dinka-English Dictionary‎[1], 2005

Sumerian

Romanization

gul

  1. romanization of 𒄢 (gul)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gulr, from Proto-Germanic *gulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʉːl/
  • Rhymes: -ʉːl

Adjective

gul (comparative gulare, superlative gulast)

  1. yellow

Declension

Noun

gul

  1. yellow

Related terms

  • gula

See also

References

  • gul in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • gul in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkmen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kul (“slave, servant”). Cognate to Turkish kul (“slave, servant”)

Noun

gul (definite accusative guly, plural gullar)

  1. slave
  2. servant

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “gul” in Enedilim.com
  • “gul” in Webonary.org

Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai [Term?], from Classical Persian گُل (gul). Compare Uyghur گۈل (gül) / гүл (gül), Turkish gül, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʊl/, [ɡ˖ʏl]
  • Hyphenation: gul

Noun

gul (plural gullar)

  1. flower

Declension

Synonyms

  • chechak

Volapük

Etymology

From Latin angulus (“angle, corner”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡul/

Noun

gul (nominative plural guls)

  1. angle
  2. corner

Declension

Welsh

Adjective

gul

  1. soft mutation of cul (“narrow”)

Mutation

Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Persian گل (gol).

Noun

gul

  1. rose

Zou

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ruul, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ruːl. Cognates include Khimi Chin mägui and Tibetan སྦྲུལ (sbrul).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡul˧/

Noun

gul

  1. snake, serpent

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40

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