Yiddish

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from dialectal Polish chorchać (to cough up, to spit) +‎ ־לען (-len), semantically reinforced by charczeć and charkać. Compare Belarusian хо́ркаць (xórkacʹ), Russian хо́ркать (xórkatʹ), Ukrainian хо́ркати (xórkaty).

Verb

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כאָרכלען (khorkhlen) (past participle געכאָרכלט (gekhorkhlt))

  1. to rattle, wheeze
  2. to snore
  3. to growl (like a dog)

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