Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic جال
Cyrillic жал
Latin jal
Yañalif çal

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Turkic *yāl (mane). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jal, mane); Bashkir ял (yal), Kyrgyz жал (jal), Uzbek yol, Uyghur يال (yal), Turkmen ýal, Azerbaijani yal (mane), etc.

Noun edit

жал (jal)

  1. (horse) mane

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

жал (jal)

  1. crest, ridge

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

жал (jal)

  1. hired work
  2. excuse
Declension edit

Kyrgyz edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yāl, etc.

Noun edit

жал (jal) (Arabic spelling جال)

  1. mane

Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

жал (žalm or f (uncountable, relational adjective жален)

  1. sorrow, grief
  2. pity

Declension edit

(Masculine declension)

(Feminine declension)

Derived terms edit

Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

жал (žaln inan pl

  1. genitive plural of жа́ло (žálo)

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

жал (žal)

  1. masculine singular past indicative imperfective of жать (žatʹ)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žalь.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

жа̑л m or f (Latin spelling žȃl)

  1. sorrow, grief
Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • жал” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

жа̑л m (Latin spelling žȃl)

  1. strand, beach
Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • жал” in Hrvatski jezični portal