perkeleh

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *perkeleh, from Baltic. Compare Finnish perkele.

Noun

perkeleh (genitive perkelehen, partitive perkelehtä)

1. devil

   Synonym: piru

Interjection

perkeleh

1. (vulgar) A swear word.

References

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “perkeleh”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN