čiriklo

/t͡ʃiɹiklo/

noun

A háček (marking palatalisation when written atop a consonant, iotation when written atop a vowel).

OriginRomani ćiriklo →
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Meanings

noun
  1. rareA háček (marking palatalisation when written atop a consonant, iotation when written atop a vowel).

    j or haček (čiriklo) over following vowel

    2003, Victor A. Friedman, Turkish in Macedonia and Beyond, page 157
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    Preyotization is indicated by means of the “čiriklo” ˇ.

    1990, Roma, Roma Publications, page 43

    Palatalisation of d, l, n, t is marked only by a čiriklo (ˇ) (term coined by M. Courtiade).

    1995, Yaron Matras, editor, Romani in Contact, J. Benjamins, →ISBN, page 197, →ISBN

    RS follows standard East European practice of using the wedge (haček, čiriklo) to indicate the strident palatals (š, ž, č, dž).

    1997, Victor A. Friedman, “Linguistic form and content in the Romani-language press of the Republic of Macedonia”, in Yaron Matras, Peter Bakker, Hristo Kyuchukov, editors, The Typology and Dialectology of Romani, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 185, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
háček

Origin

  1. Romanićiriklo“bird, sparrow; háček”
  2. Englishčiriklo

Borrowed from Romani ćiriklo (“bird, sparrow; háček”); compare ̼ (seagull).

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APA

čiriklo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C4%8Diriklo

MLA

“čiriklo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C4%8Diriklo. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “čiriklo,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C4%8Diriklo.

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