ول

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ul"

Bulgar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *öl-.

Verb

وَل (vel)

1. (Volga Bulgar) to die

Derived terms

• وَلتِ (velti, “(he) died”)

References

• A Volga Bulgarıan Inscription From 1307 A. Róna-tas, page 155 [1]
• Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎^[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 160

Mazanderani

Etymology

Probably cognate with Parthian wxr- (waxr-, “to turn aside, twist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋæːl/

Adjective

ول (val)

1. bent, crooked

Persian

Etymology 1

Related to ویلان (veylân). Perhaps related to Gilaki وشتن (vašten, “to allow”) (present stem “ول val”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wil]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɪl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɪl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɪl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wil̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vel̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vil]

Readings
Classical reading?	wil
Dari reading?	wil
Iranian reading?	vel
Tajik reading?	vil

Adjective

ول • (vel)

1. free
2. loose
3. vagrant

Derived terms

• ول کردن (vel kardan)
• ول شدن (vel šodan)
• ول گفتن (vel goftan)

Etymology 2

From Fahlavīyāt, from Middle Persian [Term?].

Noun

ول • (vol or val)

1. (obsolete) flower

Etymology 3

A recent borrowing from English vole.

Noun

ول • (vol)

1. vole

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ول”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Talysh

Etymology

Akin to Persian گل (gol); see there for more information.

Noun

ول (vel, vəl)

1. flower
2. rose

Ushojo

Noun

ول (val)

1. whirlpool
2. a bundle of wood, rope, etc.