पोल

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /poːl/

Inherited from Prakrit पोल्ल (pŏlla), from Proto-Dravidian *po-.

पोल • (pol) m (Urdu spelling پول)

1. emptiness, meaninglessness
   1. an excuse

      Synonym: बहाना (bahānā)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀤𑁄𑀮𑀻 (padolī), from Sanskrit प्रतोली (pratolī).

पोल • (pol) m (Urdu spelling پول)

1. gate, entrance (to a town)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “पोल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*pōḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pratōlī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press