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
“She is a very amiable girl:” pronounce girl as if written gurl; gal is a vulgarism; gehl or gul is an affectation of which many polite persons are guilty.
From Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected by Anonymous
"The dancers, were painted some party per pale, gul and sab, some party per fesse of the same colours;" whence Gibbon concluded "that heraldry was ingrafted naturally into the sense of the humane race".
From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Lang, Andrew
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
“Sneaked off while he had the chance—wal, I’ll be gul darned!”
From The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters by Hughes, Burton Donnel
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