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jekh

Romani

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Romani numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: jekh
    Ordinal: jèkhto
    Adverbial: jekhvar

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Numeral

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jekh

  1. one[2][3]

Descendants

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  • Angloromani: yek

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ēkka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 119
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “jekh”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten (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 (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 181b

Welsh Romani

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Numeral

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jekh

  1. one

Pronoun

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jekh

  1. one thing, one person

Noun

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jekh m or f

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

Usage notes

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

Adjective

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jekh

  1. a certain, a single

References

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