پول

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See also: بول, تول, and تؤل

Persian

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Etymology

From Middle Persian *pōl, perhaps a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? pōl
Dari reading? pōl
Iranian reading? pul
Tajik reading? pul, pül
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Noun

Dari پَیسَه
Iranian Persian پول
Tajik пул, пӯл

پول • (pul or pôl) (plural پول‌ها (pul-hâ))

  1. (chiefly Iran) money
    فعلا پول ندارم.
    fe'lan pul na-dâram.
    At the moment, I have no money.
  2. coin
  3. (archaic) a coin of inferior value

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: pul
  • → English: pul
  • → Old East Slavic: пулъ (pulŭ, “a kind of Tatar coin”) (via a Turkic language)
  • → Old Georgian: ფოლი (poli)
  • → Kazakh: пұл (pūl)
  • → Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: پووڵ (pûll)
    Northern Kurdish: pûl
  • → Old Armenian: փող (pʻoł)
  • Ottoman Turkish: پول
  • → Turkmen: pul
  • → Uyghur: پۇل (pul)
  • → Uzbek: pul
  • → Yagnobi: пул (pul)

References

  1. ^ http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/greece-xiv

Urdu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮 (polla), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*polla).

Noun

پول • (pol) m (Hindi spelling पोल)

  1. emptiness, meaninglessness
    1. an excuse
      Synonym: بہانہ
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀤𑁄𑀮𑀻 (padolī), from Sanskrit प्रतोली (pratolī).

Noun

پول • (pol) m (Hindi spelling पोल)

  1. gate, entrance (to a town)

References

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “پول”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*pōḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pratōlī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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