غول
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Arabic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the root غ و ل (ḡ-w-l), related to غَالَ (ḡāla, “to seize”).
Compare Sumerian [script needed] (gula, “great”).
Noun
[edit]غُول • (ḡūl) f (plural أَغْوَال (ʔaḡwāl) or غِيلَان (ḡīlān))
- ape, orangutan (obsolete)
- ghoul, desert demon
- demon, jinn, goblin, monster
- ogre, cannibal, troll, oni, giant
- calamity, disaster
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun غُول (ḡūl)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | غُول ḡūl |
الْغُول al-ḡūl |
غُول ḡūl |
Nominative | غُولٌ ḡūlun |
الْغُولُ al-ḡūlu |
غُولُ ḡūlu |
Accusative | غُولًا ḡūlan |
الْغُولَ al-ḡūla |
غُولَ ḡūla |
Genitive | غُولٍ ḡūlin |
الْغُولِ al-ḡūli |
غُولِ ḡūli |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | غُولَيْن ḡūlayn |
الْغُولَيْن al-ḡūlayn |
غُولَيْ ḡūlay |
Nominative | غُولَانِ ḡūlāni |
الْغُولَانِ al-ḡūlāni |
غُولَا ḡūlā |
Accusative | غُولَيْنِ ḡūlayni |
الْغُولَيْنِ al-ḡūlayni |
غُولَيْ ḡūlay |
Genitive | غُولَيْنِ ḡūlayni |
الْغُولَيْنِ al-ḡūlayni |
غُولَيْ ḡūlay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَغْوَال; غِيلَان ʔaḡwāl; ḡīlān |
الْأَغْوَال; الْغِيلَان al-ʔaḡwāl; al-ḡīlān |
أَغْوَال; غِيلَان ʔaḡwāl; ḡīlān |
Nominative | أَغْوَالٌ; غِيلَانٌ ʔaḡwālun; ḡīlānun |
الْأَغْوَالُ; الْغِيلَانُ al-ʔaḡwālu; al-ḡīlānu |
أَغْوَالُ; غِيلَانُ ʔaḡwālu; ḡīlānu |
Accusative | أَغْوَالًا; غِيلَانًا ʔaḡwālan; ḡīlānan |
الْأَغْوَالَ; الْغِيلَانَ al-ʔaḡwāla; al-ḡīlāna |
أَغْوَالَ; غِيلَانَ ʔaḡwāla; ḡīlāna |
Genitive | أَغْوَالٍ; غِيلَانٍ ʔaḡwālin; ḡīlānin |
الْأَغْوَالِ; الْغِيلَانِ al-ʔaḡwāli; al-ḡīlāni |
أَغْوَالِ; غِيلَانِ ʔaḡwāli; ḡīlāni |
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verbal noun of غَالَ (ḡāla, “to snatch, to grab, to take away”).
Noun
[edit]غَوْل • (ḡawl) m
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun غَوْل (ḡawl)
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic غُول (ḡūl, “ghoul, demon”).
Noun
[edit]غول • (gul) (plural غلان or اغوال)
- ghoul, a demon said to feed on corpses
- fabulous serpent of enormous size, dragon
- calamity, disaster, catastrophe, adversity
- (figuratively) evil-minded person or thing
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: gul
Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gul5”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1780
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غول”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 878
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Draco”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[2], Vienna, column 432
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “غول”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 3437
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1354
Persian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic غُول (ḡūl).
Noun
[edit]غول • (ğul) (plural غولها (ğul-hâ))
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]Etymology 4
[edit]Noun
[edit]غول • (ğôl) (plural غولها (ğôl-hâ))
References
[edit]- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “غول”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “اسپغول”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[5] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 626b
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- Arabic verbal nouns
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- Ottoman Turkish terms borrowed from Arabic
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- ota:Mythological creatures
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