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3-letter words (2 found)

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Definitions and meaning of pul

pul

English

Etymology

From Persian پول (pul). Doublet of obole and obolus.

Noun

pul (plural puls or pul)

  1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Afghan afghani.

See also

  • pul qua

Anagrams

  • PLU, ULP, UPL, ulp

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پول (pūl, “money”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pul/, [puɫ]

Noun

pul (definite accusative pulu, plural pullar)

  1. money
    pul qazanmaq ― to earn money
    pul xərcləmək ― to spend money
    pula pul demir ― s/he is rolling in money, s/he is stinking rich (literally, “s/he doesn't call money money”)
  2. (zootomy) scales (in fishes)
    Synonyms: pulcuq, ağça

Declension

Derived terms

  • pullu (“rich”, informal, grammatically ornative)
  • pulsuz (“free of charge; poor”)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “փող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Crimean Tatar

Noun

pul

  1. peel
    balıq pulu = fish peel, fish scale.

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpul]

Etymology 1

Verb

pul

  1. second-person singular imperative of poulit

Etymology 2

Verb

pul

  1. second-person singular imperative of půlit

Danish

Verb

pul

  1. imperative of pule

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʏl/

Etymology 1

Shortened from ampul. Compare German Pulle (“bottle”).

Noun

pul f (plural pullen, diminutive pulletje n)

  1. tankard
Derived terms
  • bierpul
Descendants
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: polo

Etymology 2

Cognate with Central Franconian Pöll, Luxembourgish Pëll, both “pullet, young hen”. Plausibly an early borrowing from Latin pulli, plural of pullus; then a doublet of pullus. Alternatively from a birdcall.

Noun

pul f (plural pullen, diminutive pulletje n)

  1. (usually diminutive) duckling, or, more broadly, any young bird

German

Pronunciation

Verb

pul

  1. singular imperative of pulen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of pulen

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʊl]
  • Hyphenation: pul

Etymology 1

From English pooling, pool, from French poule.

Noun

pul (plural pul-pul)

  1. pooling
  2. group
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

pul (comparative lebih pul, superlative paling pul)

  1. alternative form of pol

Further reading

  • “pul” 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.

Mirandese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *per (“by; through”) + *lo (“the”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpul]

Contraction

pul m sg (feminine pula, masculine plural puls, feminine plural pulas)

  2. contraction of por l; by the; for the; through the; during the

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

pul

  1. imperative of pula

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pul

Noun

pul m (plural pules)

  1. pul (subdivision of the currency of Afghanistan)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پول (pul), from Persian پول (“money”).

Noun

pul n (plural puluri)

  1. backgammon stone

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پول (“small disc; scale; wafer, stamp”), possibly from Persian پول (pul, “coin”) and Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós).

Noun

pul

  1. stamp
  2. scale (an overlapping arrangement of many small and flat pieces, or a part or piece of it)
  3. money

Derived terms

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pul”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 451
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 460

Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai پول, from Classical Persian پول (pōl), from Middle Persian [Term?]. Compare Kazakh пұл (pūl), etc. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʊl/, [pʰʊ̈l]
  • Hyphenation: pul

Noun

pul (plural pullar)

  1. money

Declension

Volapük

Noun

pul (nominative plural puls)

  1. boy

Declension

Yola

Alternative forms

  • poul

Etymology

From Middle English polle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʊl/

Noun

pul

  1. the crown of the head

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 63

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