ʒal

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Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀇 (jāi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti), from Sanskrit याति॑ (yā́ti), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-.[1][2]

    Verb

    ʒal

    1. (International Standard) to go[2][3][4]

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yāˊti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 604
    2. 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “džal”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 82a
    3. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “ʒal, gelo ÷ gelǎs”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 386a
    4. ^ Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “ʒal (gelǎs)”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 157