jekh

Romani
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    Cardinal: jekh
    Ordinal: jèkhto
    Adverbial: jekhvar

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ekka),[1][2] from Sanskrit एक (eka).

Numeral

jekh

  1. one[2][3]

Descendants
  • Angloromani: yek
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: iek
  • Sinte Romani: jek
  • Welsh Romani: jekh

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ēkka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 119
  2. Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “jekh”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 129ab
  3. Marcel Courthiade (2009) “jekh B-ćham: -e”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 181b

Welsh Romani

Etymology

From Romani jekh, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ekka), from Sanskrit एक (eka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-European *Hóykos.

Numeral

jekh

  1. one

Pronoun

jekh

  1. one thing, one person

Noun

jekh m or f

  1. one thing, one person
  2. (card games) ace

Usage notes
  • The noun has the masculine gender when used with the sense "ace".

Adjective

jekh

  1. a certain, a single

References
  • “jekh” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
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