গুল

Bengali

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian گُل (gul).

    Pronunciation

    • (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

    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