rakli

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Angloromani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrækliː/, /ˈɹækɫi/, /ˈɹakɫɪ/, /ˈɹakɫi/, /ˈɹækɫə/

Etymology 1

From Romani rakli (“gadjo (non-Romani) girl”).

Noun

rakli (plural raklis)

  1. woman, girl, lady

Adjective

rakli

  1. female

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Romani raklo (“gadjo (non-Romani) boy”).

Noun

rakli

  1. man

References

  • “rakli”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, archived from the original on April 18, 2021, page 61
  • “rakli”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, archived from the original on April 18, 2021, page 162
  • “rakli”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, archived from the original on April 18, 2021, page 166

Kalo Finnish Romani

Noun

rakli f

  1. female gadjo (non-Romani)
    Coordinate term: raklo

Derived terms

References

  • “rakli” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

raklo (“non-Romani boy”) +‎ -i (“feminine suffix”).

Noun

rakli f anim (plural raklǎ)

  1. female equivalent of raklo (“gadje (non-Romani) girl”)
    Antonym: (Romani girl) ćhaj

Descendants

  • Angloromani: rakli

References

  • Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “raklí”, 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 242
  • Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 25
  • Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e rakl/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 301
  • Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “rakli”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 22, 142

Sinte Romani

Noun

rakli f

  1. gadjo (non-Romani) girl, gadjo daughter
  2. maidservant

References

  • “rakli” in Sinte Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Welsh Romani

Noun

rakli f (masculine raklo)

  1. girl of low degree, farmer's daughter, maidservant

Derived terms

References

  • “rakli” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
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