jakh

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Romani

jakh

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔đ‘€ș (akkhi),[1][2] from Sanskrit à€…à€•à„à€·à€ż (akáčŁi).[1][2] Compare Hindi à€†à€à€– (ā̃kh), Pali akkhi.

Noun

jakh f (nominative plural jakha)

  1. eye[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ákáčŁi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 3
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “jakh”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch fĂŒr den sĂŒdosteuropĂ€ischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 128a
  3. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e jakh, -a- ʒ. -a, -en-”, in Melinda RĂ©zmƱves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = ElsƑ rromani nyelvƱ eurĂłpai szĂłtĂĄram : cigĂĄny, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, nĂ©met, ukrĂĄn, romĂĄn, horvĂĄt, szlovĂĄk, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: FƑvĂĄrosi OnkormĂĄnyzat CigĂĄny HĂĄz--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 180
  4. ^ Andrea Scala (2020) “Romani Lexicon”, in Yaron Matras, Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 92
  5. ^ YĆ«suke Sumi (2018) “jakh, a”, in ăƒ‹ăƒ„ăƒŒă‚šă‚Żă‚čプレă‚čăƒ—ăƒ©ă‚čă€€ăƒ­ăƒžïŒˆă‚žăƒ—ă‚·ăƒŒïŒ‰èȘž [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 150a