English Explanatory Dictionary

aul

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A village encampment in the Caucasus, Central Asia or the Southern Urals.
adj
  1. Alternative form of auld.
noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of awl.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/aʊl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aul.wav /əʊl/ /ɔːl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aul2.wav

Word forms

aul auls aoul auol

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ау́л (aúl), from West (Kypchak) Turkic awul, awïl; compare Karachay-Balkar ауул (awul), Bashkir ауыл (awıl), Kazakh ауыл (auyl) and Turkish ağıl.

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