جلجل

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Arabic

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Etymology

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

Verb

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جَلْجَلَ (jaljala) Iq (non-past يُجَلْجِلُ (yujaljilu), verbal noun جَلْجَلَة (jaljala))

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

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Maltese: ġenġel, ġelġel, ġenġen

Noun

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جُلْجُل or جَلَاجِل (juljul or jalājilm

  1. jingle, bell

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 215, 291
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جلجل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 190