jale

• jali

From a Common Slavic žalĩ. Compare Romanian jale.

jale f

1. grief, sadness, distress

• harauã

• yale, iale

From Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.

jale f (pl) (feminine singular jala)

1. (third-person feminine plural pronoun) they

• jal, jala
• jali (masculine plural)
• jai

• ju
• te
• nu
• vu

jale

1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of gayole

jale

1. locative singular of jala (“water”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒa.le/

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жаль (žalĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žalь. Compare Aromanian jali.

jale f (uncountable)

1. grief, distress

Borrowed from Hungarian zsálya.

jale f (uncountable)

1. (botany) common sage (Salvia officinalis)

   Synonym: salvie

jale (Cyrillic spelling јале)

1. vocative singular of jal

• IPA^(key): /ˈxale/ [ˈxa.le]
• Rhymes: -ale
• Syllabification: ja‧le

Deverbal from jalar.

jale m (plural jales)

1. (Mexico, slang) job, work
2. (Peru, slang) sex appeal
3. (Peru, slang) charisma, pull
4. (Peru) recruitment, signing up (in the context of being called to join an organization, sports club, political party, etc.)

jale

1. inflection of jalar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “jale”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Persian ژاله (žâle).

• IPA^(key): /ʒale/
• Hyphenation: ja‧le

jale (definite accusative jaleyi, plural jaleler)

1. (dated) dew

   Synonyms: çiy, çiğ, kırağı, şebnem