kerel

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See also: kêrel

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeː.rəl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ke‧rel
  • Rhymes: -eːrəl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kerel, carel, caerl, kerl, from Old Dutch *karl, *karal, *keril, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

Cognate with German Kerl, Dutch Low Saxon keerl, West Frisian tsjirl, English churl, Danish karl.

Noun

kerel m (plural kerels, diminutive kereltje n)

  1. lad, fellow, bloke
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch kerle. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

kerel m (plural kerels, diminutive kereltje n)

  1. (historical or archaic) A long overgarment.

References

  1. ^ Wörterbuch der Ostfriesischen Sprache. ten Doornkaat Koolman, J. 1879. 199th page.

Anagrams

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀤𑀺 (karedi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti), from Classical Sanskrit करोति (karóti), from Vedic Sanskrit कृणोति (kṛṇóti). Cognate with Hindi करना (karnā), Punjabi ਕਰਨਾ (karnā), Nepali गर्नु (garnu), Gujarati કરવું (karvũ), Marathi करणे (karṇe), and Bengali করা (kora).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ke.ˈrel/, /kə.ˈrel/

Verb

kerel

  1. to do
    Na ʒanav so te kerav. ― I don't know what to do.
  2. to make, create, produce
    Morro dad kerdǎs o kazàn. ― My dad made the kettle.

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karṓti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 142
  • Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “kerél”, 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, pages 139b-140b
  • Marcel Courthiade (2009) “ker/el, -dǎs”, 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 192a
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