fokul

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		فُکُل

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian فکل (fokol).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fokul/

dialectal pronunciations

• (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)

1. headscarf
2. forelock

   Synonyms: bürçək, çârt, kâkul, qıl, saç, tö̂l, zulf

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

Declension of fokul

	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