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Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀇 (juvaï), from Sanskrit युवति (yuvatí, “young woman”). Cognate with Hindustani جوئی / जोई (joī), Sindhi جوءِ (joi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒuv.ʎi/, /d͡ʒu.ˈʎi/, /ˈʒu.ˈʎi/
Noun
ʒuvli f (plural ʒuvlǎ)
- (International Standard)
- woman
- lady
Descendants
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yuvatí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 607
- Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “džuvlí”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 86b
- Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 25, 39
- Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e ʒuvl/i, -ǎ ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn”, 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 [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 390ab
- Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “ʒuvl/i, -ǎ”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 157