پول

See also: بول, تول, and تؤل

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پُول (pūl), see there for more.

Noun

پول • (pul)

1. money

Declension

Declension of پول (pul)

singular plural nominative پول pul — — genitive پولنینگ pulnıng — — definite accusative پولنی pulnı — — dative پولغە pulġa — — ablative پولدین puldın — — locative پولدە pulda — — possessive forms first person singular singular plural nominative پولوم pulum — — genitive پولومنینگ pulumnıng — — definite accusative پولومنی pulumnı — — dative پولومغە pulumġa — — ablative پولومدین pulumdın — — locative پولومدە pulumda — — second person singular* singular plural nominative پولونگ pulung — — genitive پولونگنینگ pulungnıng — — definite accusative پولونگنی pulungnı — — dative پولونگغە pulungġa — — ablative پولونگدین pulungdın — — locative پولونگدە pulungda — — third person singular singular plural nominative پولی pulı — — genitive پولینینگ pulınıng — — definite accusative پولینی pulını — — dative پولیغە pulıġa — — ablative پولیدین pulıdın — — locative پولیدە pulıda — — first person plural singular plural nominative پولومیز pulumız — — genitive پولومیزنینگ pulumıznıng — — definite accusative پولومیزنی pulumıznı — — dative پولومیزغە pulumızġa — — ablative پولومیزدین pulumızdın — — locative پولومیزدە pulumızda — — second person plural* singular plural nominative پولونگیز pulungız — — پولونگلار pulunglar — — genitive پولونگیزنینگ pulungıznıng — — پولونگلارنینگ pulunglarnıng — — definite accusative پولونگیزنی pulungıznı — — پولونگلارنی pulunglarnı — — dative پولونگیزغە pulungızġa — — پولونگلارغە pulunglarġa — — ablative پولونگیزدین pulungızdın — — پولونگلاردین pulunglardın — — locative پولونگیزدە pulungızda — — پولونگلاردە pulunglarda — — third person plural singular plural nominative پوللاری pulları — — پولی pulı — — genitive پوللارینینگ pullarınıng — — پولینینگ pulınıng — — definite accusative پوللارینی pullarını — — پولینی pulunglarnı — — dative پوللاریغە pullarıġa — — پولیغە pulıġa — — ablative پوللاریدین pullarıdın — — پولیدین pulıdın — — locative پوللاریدە pullarıda — — پولیدە pulıda — — *second person singular forms are informal, for polite second person singular forms use second person plural forms

Descendants

• Uyghur: پۇل (pul)
• Uzbek: pul

Further reading

• Shaw, Robert Barkley (1880), “پول”, in “Turki-English vocabulary” (chapter 2), in A Sketch of the Turki Language as Spoken in Eastern Turkistan (Káshgar and Yarkand)‎^[1], Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, page 59
• Jarring, Gunnar (1964), “پول”, in An Eastern Turki-English Dialect Dictionary‎^[2], C.W.K. Gleerup, page 233

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈpuːl/, /ˈpoːl/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰuːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰuːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰuːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰul̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰuːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰul], [pʰɵl]

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

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	پَیسَه
Iranian Persian	پول
Tajik	пул, пӯл

پول • (pūl, pōl / pul) (plural پول‌ها (pūl-hā, pōl-hā / pul-hâ), Tajik spelling пул, or пӯл)

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

• بی پول (bi-pul)
• صندوق بین‌المللی پول (Sanduq-e Beyn-olmelali-ye Pul, “International Monetary Fund”)
• پول خرد (pul-e xord)
• پول پارو کردن (pul pâru kardan)
• پولدار (puldâr)
• پولکی (pulaki)
• پولی (puli)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: pul
• → English: pul
• → Old East Slavic: пулъ (pulŭ, “a kind of Tatar coin”) (via a Turkic language)
  • Russian: пул (pul), пу́ло (púlo)
• → Old Georgian: ფოლი (poli)
  • Georgian: ფული (puli)
• → Kazakh: пұл (pūl)
• → Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پووڵ (pûll)

  Northern Kurdish: pûl

• → Old Armenian: փող (pʻoł)
  • Armenian: փող (pʻoġ)
• Ottoman Turkish: پول
  • Turkish: pul
  • → Greek: πούλι (poúli)
  • → Macedonian: пул (pul)
• → Turkmen: pul
• → Uyghur: پۇل (pul)
• → Uzbek: pul
• → Yaghnobi: пул (pul)

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

• پول پول (pol pol)
• پول کھلنا
• پول کھولنا
• پولدار

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