# ول
## Bulgar
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *öl-.

#### Verb

وَل (vel)
* to die
    جرمسَن شِونَ بَرسَ وَلتِ ― Çerimsen şıwna barsa welti. ― He died when he get to the Çerimsen river.

#### Descendants

* Chuvash: вил (vil)

#### References

* 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 (in Bulgar), volume 30, number 2, page 155
* Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ol.

#### Verb

ول (wal)
* he, she, it
    ول خلر كم كرسه وخر فاتخه سورت ول... ― Wal xalır kem körse waxır fâtixâ sûrete, wal... ― He xalır, who ever see (this monument), reads Fatiha surah...

#### Descendants

* Chuvash: вӑл (văl)

#### References

* Erdal, Marcel (1993) Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 42

## Mazanderani
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋæːl/

### Adjective

ول (val)
* bent, crooked

## Old Punjabi
### Etymology

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

### Adverb

وَلِّ (valli)
* near, at one's side
    کَے وَلِّ ― kai valli ― near, beside

#### Descendants

* Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਵੱਲ (valla)
    Shahmukhi script: وَلّ (vall)

## Persian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [wil]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [wɪl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [wɪl]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [wɪl]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [wil̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [vel̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [vil]

#### Adjective

ول • (vel)
* free
* loose
* 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)
* (obsolete) flower

### Etymology 3

A recent borrowing from English vole.

#### Noun

ول • (vol)
* vole

### References

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

## Punjabi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /(ʋ)əl.lɪ̆/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

ول • (vallĭ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੱਲ)
* way, mode, manner
    Synonyms: ڈَھن٘گ (ḍhaṉg), چَجّ (cajj)

#### Postposition

ول • (vallĭ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੱਲ)
* 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.

### Etymology 2

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

#### Adjective

ول • (vall) (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੱਲ)
* good, well; recovered
    Synonym: ٹِھیک (ṭhīk)

### Further reading

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

## Talysh
### Etymology

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

### Noun

ول (vel, vəl)
* flower
* rose

## Ushojo
### Noun

ول (val)
* whirlpool
* a bundle of wood, rope, etc.