গুল

Bengali

Etymology

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Proto-Iranian *wardah

Old Persian *vr̥dah

Middle Persian gwl (gul)

Classical Persian گُل (gul)bor.

Bengali গুল (gul)

Borrowed from Classical Persian گُل (gul).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡul/, [ɡul]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡul/, [ɡul]

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Noun

গুল • (gul)

1. rose

   Synonym: গোলাপ (gōlap)

2. flower

   Synonym: ফুল (phul)

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative	গুল (gul)
objective	গুল / গুলকে (gul (semantically general or indefinite) / gulke (semantically definite))
genitive	গুলের (guler)
locative	গুলে (gule)
definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	গুলটা , গুলটি (gulṭa (colloquial), gulṭi (formal))	গুলগুলা, গুলগুলো (gulgula (colloquial), gulgulo (formal))
objective	গুলটা, গুলটি (gulṭa (colloquial), gulṭi (formal))	গুলগুলা, গুলগুলো (gulgula (colloquial), gulgulo (formal))
genitive	গুলটার, গুলটির (gulṭar (colloquial), gulṭir (formal))	গুলগুলার, গুলগুলোর (gulgular (colloquial), gulgulor (formal))
locative	গুলটাতে / গুলটায়, গুলটিতে (gulṭate / gulṭay (colloquial), gulṭite (formal))	গুলগুলাতে / গুলগুলায়, গুলগুলোতে (gulgulate / gulgulay (colloquial), gulgulote (formal))
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• গুলজার (gulojar)
• গুলদান (guldan)
• গুলদার (guldar)
• গুলবাগ (gulbag)
• গুলবাহার (gulbahar)
• গুলশান (gulośan)
• গুলিস্তান (gulistan)

Further reading

• Atindra Mojumder (1981), “গুল _(২)”, in Arabic, Persian and Turkish Words in Bengali Literature, Melbourne: University of Melbourne; republished 15 Shyama Charan Dey Street, Kolkata 700073: Ekush Shatak, 2012, page 172