kâkul

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		کاکُل

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کاکل (kâkol).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːkul/

Dialectal forms

• (forelock)
  • (Bagh-e Yek, Salafchegan)IPA^(key): [kɑːkʊ̞l]
  • (Bon Chinar, Hasanabad, Naderabad, Sefid Ab)IPA^(key): [kɑːkʊl]
  • (Daghan, Varnavaj)IPA^(key): [kɔkʊl]
  • (Kharrab, Nowdeh, Safarabad, Varnavaj)IPA^(key): [kaːkʊl]
  • (Mujan)IPA^(key): [kɑkʊl]
  • (Musaabad)IPA^(key): [kakʊl]
• (headhair)
  • (Chahak)IPA^(key): [kɑkʊl]
  • (Kharrab, Sefidaleh)IPA^(key): [kaːkʊl]
• (head of hair, plait)
  • (Kharrab)IPA^(key): [kɑːkʊl]

Noun

kâkul (definite accusative kâkulı, plural kâkullar)

1. forelock

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

2. headhair

   Synonyms: çârt, qıl, saç, tü̂k, zulf

3. head of hair
4. plait, pigtail, ponytail

   Synonym: saç

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 kâkul

	singular	plural
nominative	kâkul	kâkullar
genitive	kâkulııñ	kâkullarııñ
dative	kâkulqa	kâkullarqa
definite accusative	kâkulı	kâkulları
locative	kâkulça	kâkullarça
ablative	kâkulda	kâkullarda
instrumental	kâkulla	kâkullarla
equative	kâkulvâra	kâkullarvâra

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN