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gal

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/ɡæl/ · gal

A girl or young woman; an informal, colloquial term used to refer to a female person, often in a friendly or affectionate manner.

Meanings

nouninformal

A girl or young woman; an informal, colloquial term used to refer to a female person, often in a friendly or affectionate manner.

ایک لڑکی یا نوجوان عورت؛ یہ ایک غیر رسمی اور دوستانہ لفظ ہے جو کسی خاتون کے لیے استعمال کیا جاتا ہے۔

لڑکی

larki

Formal: خاتونColloquial: لڑکی

Synonyms

girllasswomandameladyyoung womanلڑکیعورتدوشیزہخاتونبچی

Antonyms

guyboyladmanfellowلڑکامردنوجوانصاحب

Common Collocations

  • a nice gal
  • that gal over there
  • old gal
  • tough gal
  • gal pal
  • country gal
  • city gal
  • working gal

Example Sentences

She's a really fun gal to be around.

وہ واقعی ایک دلچسپ لڑکی ہے جس کے ساتھ وقت گزارنا اچھا لگتا ہے۔

Woh waqi ek dilchasp larki hai jis ke saath waqt guzaarna acha lagta hai.

My old gal from college called me up after years.

کالج کی میری پرانی دوست نے سالوں بعد مجھے فون کیا۔

College ki meri purani dost ne salon baad mujhe phone kiya.

She's a tough gal who never gives up easily.

وہ ایک مضبوط لڑکی ہے جو آسانی سے ہار نہیں مانتی۔

Woh ek mazboot larki hai jo aasani se haar nahi maanti.

Every gal in town came out to see the parade.

شہر کی ہر لڑکی جلوس دیکھنے نکلی۔

Shehar ki har larki jaloos dekhne nikli.

Easily Confused With

girl:'Girl' is the standard, widely accepted term for a female person or child, while 'gal' is a more informal, colloquial variant typically used in casual speech or American/Western dialects.
gale:'Gale' refers to a strong wind or storm and is entirely unrelated to 'gal', which means a girl or young woman.
gall:'Gall' means bold or impudent behavior, or the bile produced by the liver; it is completely different from 'gal', which refers to a female person.
nountechnical

In physics, a unit of acceleration equal to one centimeter per second squared (cm/s²), used primarily in gravimetry to measure gravitational acceleration. Named after the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei.

طبیعیات میں، ایک اکائی جو ایک سینٹی میٹر فی سیکنڈ مربع کے برابر ہے، جو کشش ثقل کی پیمائش میں استعمال ہوتی ہے۔ اس کا نام ماہر فلکیات گیلیلیو گیلیلی کے نام پر رکھا گیا ہے۔

گال (اکائی)

gal (ikaai)

Formal: گال (طبیعیاتی اکائی)

Synonyms

galileo (unit)cm/s²acceleration unitاکائیطبیعیاتی اکائی

Common Collocations

  • milligal
  • microgal
  • one gal equals
  • gravitational measurement in gals
  • gal unit of acceleration

Example Sentences

The gravitational acceleration at the Earth's surface is approximately 980 gals.

زمین کی سطح پر کشش ثقل کی تیزی تقریباً ۹۸۰ گال ہے۔

Zameen ki satah par kashish-e-saqal ki tezi taqreeban 980 gal hai.

Scientists use the milligal, one-thousandth of a gal, for precise gravitational measurements.

سائنسدان کشش ثقل کی درست پیمائش کے لیے ملی گال، یعنی گال کا ہزارواں حصہ، استعمال کرتے ہیں۔

Scientist kashish-e-saqal ki durust paimaish ke liye milligal, yani gal ka hazarwan hissa, istemal karte hain.

The gal is not part of the SI system but is widely used in geophysics.

گال ایس آئی نظام کا حصہ نہیں ہے لیکن ارضی طبیعیات میں وسیع پیمانے پر استعمال ہوتا ہے۔

Gal SI nizam ka hissa nahi hai lekin arziyati tabiyat mein wasee paimane par istemal hota hai.

Easily Confused With

gallon:'Gallon' is a unit of liquid volume, whereas 'gal' (in physics) is a unit of gravitational acceleration.

Word Family

girl
nounلڑکی
girly
adjectiveلڑکیوں جیسا
gals
noun (plural)لڑکیاں
gal pal
noun (compound)سہیلی

See Also

💡 Memory Tip

Think of 'gal' as a shortened, casual version of 'girl' — both start with 'g' and mean a female person. If you hear someone from the American West or old movies say 'gal', they simply mean 'girl' in a friendly way.

Picture a cheerful cowgirl in a Western movie waving her hat — the cowboy calls her 'that gal from the ranch', linking the word to a vivid, friendly female character.

✍️ Urdu Poetry

وہ لڑکی جو مسکراتی ہے تو جہاں روشن ہو جاتا ہے اس کی ایک نظر سے دل کا ویراں گلشن ہو جاتا ہے

Woh larki jo muskurati hai to jahan roshan ho jaata hai Us ki ek nazar se dil ka weeraan gulshan ho jaata hai

When that girl smiles, the whole world lights up; With just one glance of hers, the heart's desolate garden blooms.

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🗣️ Urdu Proverb

لڑکی گھر کی رونق ہوتی ہے

Larki ghar ki raunak hoti hai

A girl is the joy and light of the home.

📖 Etymology

Origin: English (dialectal) "gal" — dialectal or colloquial pronunciation of 'girl'

First known use: 18th century (circa 1795)

The word 'gal' originated in the 18th century as a dialectal and informal spoken variant of 'girl', reflecting certain regional British and later American pronunciations where the vowel sound shifted. It became widely used in American English through the 19th and 20th centuries, especially in casual, friendly, and literary contexts. It was commonly used in Western American culture, jazz lyrics, and informal speech to refer to a woman or girl in an affectionate or casual manner.