ʒukel

Romani

Alternative forms

• džukel, zhukel

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Persian جاهل (jāhel, “ignorant”), from Arabic جاهِل (jāhil, “ignorant”). Compare Sanskrit जुकुट (jukuṭa, “dog”).

Noun

ʒukel m (plural ʒukela)

1. dog

   Hyponyms: rikono, ʒukelorro

Descendants

• → Dutch: joekel
• → Macedonian: џукела (džukela)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: џу̀кела
  • Latin script: džùkela

References

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “ʒukel”, 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, page 145