ول

From Proto-Turkic *öl-.

وَل (vel)

1. (Volga Bulgar) to die

   جرمسَن شِونَ بَرسَ وَلتِ ― Çerimsen şıwne barse welti. ― He died when he get to the Çerimsen river.

• Erdal, Marcel (1993) Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 42
• Róna-Tas, András (1976) “A Volga Bulgarıan Inscription from 1307”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎^[1] (in Bulgar), volume 30, number 2, page 155
• 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

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

• IPA^(key): /ʋæːl/

ول (val)

1. bent, crooked

From Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Maharastri Prakrit 𑀉𑀯𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺𑀬𑀇 (uvalliyaï)), from Sanskrit उपलीयते (upalīyate, “to lie close to”). Compare Old Marathi 𑘌𑘯𑘜𑘹 (oḷaṇe), 𑘪𑘻𑘯𑘜𑘹 (voḷaṇe).

gur=ਵਲਿ

وَلِّ (valli)

1. near, at one's side

   کَے وَلِّ ― kai valli ― near, beside

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਵੱਲ (valla)

  Shahmukhi script: وَلّ (vall)

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

ول • (vel)

1. free
2. loose
3. vagrant

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

From Fahlavīyāt, from Middle Persian [Term?].

ول • (vol or val)

1. (obsolete) flower

A recent borrowing from English vole.

ول • (vol)

1. vole

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

• IPA^(key): /(ʋ)əl.lɪ̆/

Inherited from Old Punjabi وَلِّ (valli), from Prakrit 𑀉𑀯𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺𑀬𑀇 (uvalliyaï), from Sanskrit उपलीयते (upalīyate, “to lie close to”).

ول • (vallĭ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੱਲ)

1. way, mode, manner

   Synonyms: ڈَھن٘گ (ḍhaṉg), چَجّ (cajj)

ول • (vallĭ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੱਲ)

1. in the direction of, toward

   Synonym: طَرف (t̤arf)

   اوہ اج-کلھ آپݨی پڑھائی ول دھیان رکھدا پیا ہے۔

   oh ajj kallh āpṇī paṛhā'ī vall dhiāṇ rakkhdā peyā hai.

   He is paying attention to his studies these days.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ول • (vall) (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੱਲ)

1. good, well; recovered

   Synonym: ٹِھیک (ṭhīk)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “upalīyatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 104

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

ول (vel, vəl)

1. flower
2. rose

ول (val)

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