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goel

goel adjective: yellow.

Adjective

goel (comparative goeler, superlative goelest)

  1. (obsolete) yellow
    • The goeler and yonger the better I loue;
      well gutted and pared, the better they proue1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […]...

Noun

goel (plural goels or goelim)

  1. (historical) A person who, as the nearest relative of another, has certain obligations toward them, such as having to free them from slavery, to repurchase their property if sold through poverty, and to avenge their murder.
    • The go·el neutralizes the deleterious effect of the blood of the slain, restoring the ecologic balance.2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 963

Proper noun capitalized: Goel

Goel (plural Goels)

  1. A surname from Punjabi.

Forms of goel

Adjective
comparativegoeler
superlativegoelest
Noun
pluralgoels
pluralgoelim
Proper noun
pluralGoels

Origin of goel

Compare yellow.

Borrowed from Hebrew גוֹאֵל (goél, “he redeems”).

Borrowed from Punjabi ਗੋਇਲ (goila).

Words formed from goel

Questions about goel

What does goel mean?
Goel means yellow.
What part of speech is goel?
Goel can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near goel in the dictionary

  1. goeducks
  2. Goehring
  3. Goehrings
  4. Goeke
  5. Goekes
  6. goel
  7. goeland
  8. goelands
  9. Goeldi's monkey
  10. Goeldi's monkeys
  11. goelette

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