पूल

See also: पल, पाल, पीला, and पुल

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پل (pul), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭫𐭩 (puhl), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pártuš, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus. Compare Gujarati પુલ (pul), Hindi पुल (pul), Punjabi ਪੁਲ (pul) / پل (pul), Nepali पुल (pul), Bhojpuri पुल (pul) / 𑂣𑂳𑂪 (pul), Santali ᱯᱚᱞ (pôl), Odia ପୋଲ (polô), Bengali পুল (pul), Sylheti ꠙꠥꠟ (ful).

Noun

पूल • (pūl) m

1. bridge

   Synonym: सेतू (setū)

Derived terms

• उड्डाणपूल (uḍḍāṇpūl, “flyover”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “पूल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पूल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “पूल”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).