жал

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic جال
Cyrillic жал
Latin jal
Yañalif çal

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *yāl (mane). Cognate with Old Uyghur (jal, mane); Bashkir ял (yal), Kyrgyz жал (jal), Uzbek yol, Uyghur يال (yal), Turkmen ýal, Azerbaijani yal (mane), etc.

Noun

жал (jal)

  1. (horse) mane

Etymology 2

Noun

жал (jal)

  1. crest, ridge

Etymology 3

Noun

жал (jal)

  1. hired work
  2. excuse
Declension

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yāl, etc.

Noun

жал (jal) (Arabic spelling جال)

  1. mane

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Pronunciation

Noun

жал (žalm or f (uncountable, relational adjective жален)

  1. sorrow, grief
  2. pity

Declension

(Masculine declension)

(Feminine declension)

Derived terms

Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

жал (žaln inan pl

  1. genitive plural of жа́ло (žálo)

Etymology 2

Verb

жал (žal)

  1. masculine singular past indicative imperfective of жать (žatʹ)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Pronunciation

Noun

жа̑л m or f (Latin spelling žȃl)

  1. sorrow, grief
Declension

Further reading

  • жал” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

жа̑л m (Latin spelling žȃl)

  1. strand, beach
Declension

Further reading

  • жал” in Hrvatski jezični portal