rakli

Angloromani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrækliː/, /ˈɹækɫi/, /ˈɹakɫɪ/, /ˈɹakɫi/, /ˈɹækɫə/

Etymology 1

From Romani rakli (“gadjo (non-Romani) girl”).

Noun

rakli (plural raklis)

1. woman, girl, lady

Adjective

rakli

1. female

Derived terms

• bitti rakli
• butsi rakli
• kora rakli
• mush-rakli
• purri rakli
• rakli's bawra
• Romanichal rakli

 

Etymology 2

From Romani raklo (“gadjo (non-Romani) boy”).

Noun

rakli

1. man

References

• “rakli”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎^[1], The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, archived from the original on April 18, 2021, page 61
• “rakli”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎^[2], The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, archived from the original on April 18, 2021, page 162
• “rakli”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎^[3], The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, archived from the original on April 18, 2021, page 166

Kalo Finnish Romani

Noun

rakli f

1. female gadjo (non-Romani)

   Coordinate term: raklo

Derived terms

• beski rakli

 

References

• “rakli” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Romani

Alternative forms

• raklyi

Etymology

raklo (“non-Romani boy”) +‎ -i (“feminine suffix”).

Noun

rakli f anim (plural raklǎ)

1. female equivalent of raklo (“gadje (non-Romani) girl”)

   Antonym: (Romani girl) ćhaj

Descendants

• Angloromani: rakli

References

• Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “raklí”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 242
• Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[4], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 25
• Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e rakl/i, -ǎ ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 301
• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “rakli”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 22, 142

Sinte Romani

Noun

rakli f

1. gadjo (non-Romani) girl, gadjo daughter
2. maidservant

References

• “rakli” in Sinte Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Welsh Romani

Noun

rakli f (masculine raklo)

1. girl of low degree, farmer's daughter, maidservant

Derived terms

• kålikani rakli
• loli rakli
• lutraki rakli
• misaliaki rakli
• phuri rakli
• piriengi rakli
• såni rakli
• thudeski rakli
• thule-čamjaki rakli
• Xåvaliaki Rakli
• čikali rakli

 

References

• “rakli” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.