خرگله

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خرگله (xargale, “herd of donkeys”), a compound of خر (xar, “donkey”) +‎ گله (galle, “herd, flock”).

Noun

خرگله • (hergele)

1. herd of untamed horses, mules and donkeys

Descendants

• Turkish: hergele
• → Armenian: հէրկէլէ (hērkēlē)
• → Albanian: hergjele
• → Bulgarian: ергеле́ (ergelé), хергеле́ (hergelé)
• → Greek: χεργκελές (chergkelés)
• → Macedonian: ергеле (ergele)
• → Romanian: herghelie
• → Serbo-Croatian: ergela

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hergele”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1935
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “خرگله”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 208a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خرگله”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 537
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hergele”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خرگله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 841