gul
Americannoun
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a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
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a flower, especially a rose.
Etymology
Origin of gul
First recorded in 1810–20; from Persian gul “rose”
Example Sentences
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You’re safe with me, my flower, my gul.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
“Sneaked off while he had the chance—wal, I’ll be gul darned!”
From The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters by Burton Donnel Hughes
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 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
For having introduced tea into Western Asia the inhabitants of the land of "the gul and the bulbul" claim the secret of making a perfect infusion of the celestial leaves.
From By-Ways of Bombay by S. M. (Stephen Meredyth) Edwardes
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 Omar Khayyam
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