gul

American  

[gool] / gul /

noun

1. a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.

2. a flower, especially a rose.

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Etymology

Origin of gul

First recorded in 1810–20; from Persian gul “rose”

Example Sentences

You’re safe with me, my flower, my gul.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

Gull, gul, n. a web-footed sea-fowl belonging to the family Larid�.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

C. L. N. I. J. The Lucknow commentator says daman i gul means the maid's cheek.

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar

GUl Ben aglarum sen gul A rose, May you be pleased, and your sorrows mine!

From Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe by Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady

Or, what is he, so senseless and secure, That, having hardly past a dangerous gul, Will put him self in peril there again?

From King Edward III by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)