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jol

English

Etymology

Shortened from jolly?

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʒəʊl/

Noun

jol (plural jols)

1. (South Africa, slang) A party.
2. (UK) A barren limestone plateau on the southern Arabian peninsula.

   Synonyms: desert, plateau, flatland

Verb

jol (third-person singular simple present jols, present participle jolling or joling, simple past and past participle jolled or joled)

1. (South Africa, slang) to party

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References

Anagrams

• J-Lo

Dutch

Etymology

Possibly from Low German and Middle Low German jolle (“dinghy”), possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (“tube”), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus.

Pronunciation

Noun

jol f (plural jollen, diminutive jolletje n)

1. yawl

References

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yōl. Cognate to Karachay-Balkar джол (col), Kumyk ёл (yol), Crimean Tatar yol, Urum йол (yol), etc.

Noun

jol

1. way, road

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “jol”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Karakalpak

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yōl.

Noun

jol

1. way, road

References

• N. A. Baskakov, editor (1958), “жол”, in Karakalpaksko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Karakalpak-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Akademija Nauk Uzbekskoj SSR, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse jóll, jóli, whence also Faroese jólur and Icelandic njóli (< hvannjóli). Related to aul and aule (“hollow plant stem”).

Alternative forms

• jøl, ol, jul (dialectal)

Noun

jol m (definite singular jolen, indefinite plural jolar, definite plural jolane)

1. wild angelica (Angelica sylvestris)

   Synonyms: sløkje, skogstut

Derived terms

• geitjol
• kujol
• kvannjol
• sløkjejol
• vendeljol

Etymology 2

From Old West Norse jól n pl, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, *jeulō. Cognate with Old East Norse iūl, whence also jul. Akin to English Yule.

Alternative forms

• jul

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juːl/, /juːɽ/

Noun

jol f (definite singular jola, uncountable)

1. Christmas, Christmastide

2. Yule (Germanic celebration of the winter solstice)

Derived terms

References

• “jol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “jol” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Etymology 3

Noun

jol f

1. (eye dialect spelling, Trøndersk, Eastern Norway) alternative spelling of jord (“earth”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Syllabification: jol

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Jolle, from Low German jolle, from Middle Low German jolle. Doublet of jola.

Noun

jol m inan

1. yawl (fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post)
2. yawl (small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars)

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Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

jol f

1. genitive plural of jola

References

Further reading

• jol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Volapük

Noun

jol (nominative plural jols)

1. waterside, beach, bank

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