گلوله

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glew-. Cognate with Northern Kurdish girover, gilover (“round”), Sanskrit ग्लौ (glau, “lump”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡu.luː.ˈla]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.luː.lǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.luː.lǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.luː.lǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡu.lu.lǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥o.luː.lé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡu.lu.lǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	gulūla
Dari reading?	gulūla
Iranian reading?	golule
Tajik reading?	gulula

Noun

گلوله • (golule) (plural گلوله‌ها (golule-hâ))

1. bullet
2. pellet, ball, spherical object

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گلوله”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “گلوله”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim