पुल

From Classical Persian پل (pul), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭫𐭩 (puhl), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pártuš, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus.

पुल (pul) ? (Kaithi 𑂣𑂳𑂪)

1. bridge

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pʊl/

Borrowed from Classical Persian پل (pul), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭫𐭩 (pʿḥly /⁠puhl⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pártuš, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus. Cognate of English port and fjord. Compare Bengali পুল (pul), Bhojpuri पुल (pul), Gujarati પુલ (pul), Marathi पूल (pūl), Nepali पुल (pul), Odia ପୋଲ (pola), Punjabi ਪੁਲ (pul), Santali ᱯᱚᱞ (pôl), Sylheti ꠙꠥꠟ (ful).

पुल • (pul) m (Urdu spelling پل)

1. bridge

   Synonym: सेतु (setu)

   हम पुल के बिना नदी कैसे तरेंगे?

   ham pul ke binā nadī kaise tareṅge?

   How will we cross the river without a bridge?

2. causeway, embankment

Clipping or ardhatatsama of Sanskrit पुरक (puraka).

पुल • (pul) m (Urdu spelling پل)

1. =पुरक (purak)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पुल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pu.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.l̪ɐ/

पुल • (pula) stem, m

1. horripilation
2. name of an attendant of Śiva
3. name of a particular pace of horses

पुल • (pula) stem, n

1. size, extent

पुल • (pula) stem

1. extended, wide

• Monier Williams (1899) “पुल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 638.