krul

From Middle Dutch crulle, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“that which is curled”), from Pre-Germanic *grus-, contracted from Proto-Indo-European *gurus- (“twist, curl”), same source as Persian گرس (gors, “braid of hair”).

• IPA^(key): /krʏl/

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• Hyphenation: krul
• Rhymes: -ʏl

krul f or m (plural krullen, diminutive krulletje n)

1. a curl shape (such as in hair or writing)
2. a flourish of approval ; a curly loop as a symbol, used by teachers to mark answers as correct
3. (music, lutherie) a scroll (e.g. of a violin)

• Afrikaans: krul
• → Caribbean Hindustani: kroru
• → Indonesian: krul, kerul
• → Papiamentu: klerchi, krelchi (from the diminutive), krùl

• * Asiatic Society of Japan (1928): Transactions, p. 46

Borrowed from Dutch krul (“flourish of approval”, literally “curl”), from Middle Dutch crulle, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“that which is curled”), from Pre-Germanic *grus-, contracted from Proto-Indo-European *gurus- (“twist, curl”). Doublet of kerul.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkrul/ [ˈkrʊl]
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: krul

krul (plural krul-krul)

1. (education) flourish of approval

   Synonyms: ikal persetujuan, ponten

• “krul” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrul/

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• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: krul
• Homophones: król, Król, Krul

krul m pers

1. alternative letter-case form of Krul

• krul in Polish dictionaries at PWN