pul
part of speech
noun (pul, puls or puli — rare); fragment
meaning for a pupil
1) A small coin of Afghanistan: 100 puls make one afghani; today it is hardly used. tree →
2) (Persian, Dari) The word for «money» in Persian and Dari; it is not an English word. tree →
3) Often just a misspelling or cut-off piece of «pull» or a name. tree →
sense in the lessons
It is not a normal English word. It can turn up in maths puzzles about world money, or in a text as a typing slip for «pull». Honest entry: if you see «pul», check whether «pull» was meant.
examples
- One afghani is worth one hundred puls. tree →
- The old coin in the museum was an Afghan pul. tree →
- In Persian, «pul» means money. tree →
- The sign said «PUL» but someone had rubbed off the last L of «PULL». tree →
- Pul coins are so small in value that people rarely use them. tree →
note
Plural forms vary: puls or puli. In English text «pul» is most often a typo for «pull» (to move something towards you). Maths: 1 afghani = 100 pul, like 1 pound = 100 pence.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «pul» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.