جلجل

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic or denominal verb from the plant جُلْجُلان (juljulān).

Verb[edit]

جَلْجَلَ (jaljala) Iq, non-past يُجَلْجِلُ‎ (yujaljilu)

  1. to thud, to rattle, to jingle, to shake

Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

جُلْجُل or جَلَاجِل (juljul or jalājilm

  1. jingle, bell

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 215, 291
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جلجل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 190