rakli
Angloromani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrækliː/, /ˈɹækɫi/, /ˈɹakɫɪ/, /ˈɹakɫi/, /ˈɹækɫə/
Etymology 1
From Romani rakli (“gadjo (non-Romani) girl”).
Noun
rakli (plural raklis)
- woman, girl, lady
Adjective
rakli
- female
Derived terms
- bitti rakli
- butsi rakli
- kora rakli
- mush-rakli
- purri rakli
- rakli's bawra
- Romanichal rakli
Etymology 2
From Romani raklo (“gadjo (non-Romani) boy”).
Noun
rakli
- man
References
- “rakli”, in Angloromani Dictionary, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, archived from the original on 2021-04-18, page 61
- “rakli”, in Angloromani Dictionary, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, archived from the original on 2021-04-18, page 162
- “rakli”, in Angloromani Dictionary, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, archived from the original on 2021-04-18, page 166
Kalo Finnish Romani
Etymology
From Romani rakli.
Noun
rakli f
- female gadjo (non-Romani)
- Coordinate term: raklo
Derived terms
- beski rakli
References
- “rakli” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
Romani
Alternative forms
- raklyi
Etymology
raklo (“non-Romani boy”) + -i (“feminine suffix”).
Noun
rakli f anim (plural raklǎ)
- female equivalent of raklo (“gadje (non-Romani) girl”)
- Antonym: (Romani girl) ćhaj
Descendants
- Angloromani: rakli
- Kalo Finnish Romani: rakli
- Sinte Romani: rakli
- Welsh Romani: 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] (in Hungarian; 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
Etymology
From Romani rakli.
Noun
rakli f
- gadjo (non-Romani) girl, gadjo daughter
- maidservant
References
- “rakli” in Sinte Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
Welsh Romani
Etymology
From Romani rakli (“gadjo (non-Romani) girl”).
Noun
rakli f (masculine raklo)
- girl of low degree, farmer's daughter, maidservant
Derived terms
- kålikani rakli
- loli rakli
- lutraki rakli
- misaliaki rakli
- phuri rakli
- piriengi rakli
- såni rakli
- thudeski rakli
- thule-čamjaki rakli
- Xåvaliaki Rakli
- čikali rakli
References
- “rakli” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.