کول

See also: كول and گول

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʊl/

Adjective

کول (kul)

  1. blunt, dull

Derived terms

Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kȫl (lake); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰇𐰠 (köl), Azerbaijani göl, Bashkir күл (kül), Chuvash кӳлӗ (külĕ), Kazakh көл (köl), Kyrgyz көл (köl), Tatar күл (kül), Turkmen kȫl, Uyghur كۆل (köl), Uzbek koʻl and Yakut күөл (küöl).

Noun

کول • (köl) (plural کوللار)

  1. lake

Mazanderani

Etymology 1

Compare Central Kurdish کول (kul).

Noun

کول (kul)

  1. tree bark
  2. skin

Etymology 2

Compare Persian کوه, Arabic قلة.

Noun

کول (kul)

  1. hill
Derived terms
  • کولاب (kulāb, wave)

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: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
  • 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