"gyal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gyals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gyal (plural gyals)
  1. Alternative form of gayal (“Indian cattle”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: gayal (extra: Indian cattle)
    Sense id: en-gyal-en-noun-59RR3AMx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: gyals [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Jamaican Creole gyal (“girl”) Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|jam|gyal||girl|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Jamaican Creole gyal (“girl”), {{bor+|en|jam|gyal|t=girl}} Borrowed from Jamaican Creole gyal (“girl”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gyal (plural gyals)
  1. (MLE, MTE) Pronunciation spelling of girl. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: girl Derived forms: gyal dem
    Sense id: en-gyal-en-noun-eY9QXwqR Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, Multicultural London English, Multicultural Toronto English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gyal meaning in English (2.6kB)

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