Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
ʒal. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
ʒal, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
ʒal in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
ʒal you have here. The definition of the word
ʒal will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
ʒal, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit (jāï) from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti), from Sanskrit याति (yāti).[1][2]
Verb
ʒal
- (International Standard) to go[2][3][4]
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yāˊti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 604
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “džal”, 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 82a
- ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “ʒal, gelo ÷ gelǎs”, 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 386a
- ^ Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “ʒal (gelǎs)”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 157