fokul
Khalaj
| Perso-Arabic | فُکُل | |
|---|---|---|
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian فکل (fokol).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fokul/
Dialectal forms
- (forelock)
- (Khvorakabad) IPA(key): [fʊ̞kʊl]
- (Mazraeh-ye Now, Mujan, Sorkh Deh) IPA(key): [fɔkʊl]
- (Qorqor) IPA(key): [fo̞kʊl]
Noun
fokul (definite accusative fokulı, plural fokullar)
Usage notes
The (related) words for "hair", while seemingly synonymous with each other, actually appear to be so due to their highly variable and confusing distribution among the Khalaj people. However, the precise meanings of these words can be determined.
- tü̂k: "hair", collectively
- qıl: "a single hair", "body hair"
- saç: "long hair" (of women)
- kâkul, bürçək: "forelock"
- fokul: "headscarf"
- çârt: "bangs"
- tö̂l: "lock"
- zulf: "sidelock"
- təygûş: "hair around the ear"
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fokul | fokullər |
| genitive | fokulü̂ñ | fokullərü̂ñ |
| dative | fokulkə | fokullərkə |
| definite accusative | fokulü | fokullərü |
| locative | fokulçə | fokullərçə |
| ablative | fokuldə | fokullərdə |
| instrumental | fokullə | fokullərlə |
| equative | fokulvâra | fokullərvâra |
References
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN