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gulal

gulal noun: a colored powder often used during the Holi festival.

Noun

gulal (uncountable)

  1. (Hinduism, India) a colored powder often used during the Holi festival.
    Synonyms:
    abir

gulal meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi

gulal in Hindi

gulal, abir, a coloured powder especially used during the Holi festival
गुलाल gulāl

gulal in Urdu

gulal, red powder
گلال gulāl

gulal in Bengali

gulal, a red powder used during Holi
গুলাল gulal

gulal in Punjabi

gulal
ਗੁਲਾਲ gulāl
More languagesFewer languages
gulal in Gujarati
ગુલાલ gulāl

Synonyms of gulal

Origin of gulal

Borrowed from Hindi गुलाल (gulāl).

Questions about gulal

What does gulal mean?
Gulal means a colored powder often used during the Holi festival.
What is gulal in Hindi?
Gulal in Hindi is गुलाल (gulāl). See Gulal meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is gulal?
Gulal is a noun.

Words near gulal in the dictionary

  1. gulaging
  2. gulaglike
  3. gulags
  4. gulai
  5. gulais
  6. gulal
  7. gulaman
  8. gulami
  9. gulancha
  10. Gulang
  11. Gulang-gulang

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gulal (page history and authors); गुलाल (Hindi) (page history and authors); گلال (Urdu) (page history and authors); গুলাল (Bengali) (page history and authors); ਗੁਲਾਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ગુલાલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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