khak

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Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀔 (kakkha),[1][2] from Sanskrit à€•à€•à„à€· (kakáčŁa).[1][2]

Noun

khak f (nominative plural khaka)

  1. armpit[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kĂĄkáčŁa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 128
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “khak”, 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 155a
  3. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e khak, -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 211b