جلجل

Arabic

Etymology

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

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Noun

جُلْجُل or جَلَاجِل (juljul or jalājil) m

  1. jingle, bell

Declension

References

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