Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

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

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