gul

[ gool ]

/ gul /

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noun

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

a flower, especially a rose.

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Origin of gul

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

Words nearby gul

Gujarat, Gujarati, Gujarat States, Gujju, Gujranwala, gul, gula, gulag, gular, Gulbenkian, gulch

How to use gul in a sentence

The case of twelve-year-old Sahar Gul, another client of mine, also shocked the world.
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If elected, Erdogan will take over from the current president Abdullah Gul at the end of the month.
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She also met with Jordan's King Abdullah, Turkish President Gul and Turkish Prime Minster Erdogan.
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President Abdullah Gul said he himself had given the order to officials to discuss all the possible options in Syria.
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Gul ignored the ban and used his Twitter account to express his hope that “this practice will not last long.”
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Shout Gul Sher Khan yonder to drive in that bay stallion's pickets more firmly.
Kim|Rudyard Kipling
Gul-badan gives precise details of the gifts to the family circle (Humyn-nma f. 10).
The Bbur-nma in English|Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
Jafar is mentioned as Mahds son by Gul-badan and in the abbus-siyar iii, 311, 312.
The Bbur-nma in English|Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
Ab-sad Mrz, Bburs paternal-aunts therefore, of his dutiful attendance on whom, Gul-badan writes.
The Bbur-nma in English|Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
Gul-badan mentions the arrival in Hindstn of a khnm of this name, who was a daughter of Sl.
The Bbur-nma in English|Babur, Emperor of Hindustan