Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic or denominal verb from the plant جُلْجُلان (juljulān).

Verb edit

جَلْجَلَ (jaljala) Iq, non-past يُجَلْجِلُ‎ (yujaljilu)

  1. to thud, to rattle, to jingle, to shake

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

جُلْجُل or جَلَاجِل (juljul or jalājilm

  1. jingle, bell

Declension edit

References edit

  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 215, 291
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جلجل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 190