جلف

Meaning

Noun

1. a skinned animal, typically without the head and/or legs
2. an empty wine jar, an empty cask
3. something dry, rough, coarse, crude (for example an amount of old bread)
4. a rude person, lout, yokel, churlish bloke

Verb

to be coarse, to be rude in disposition

Verb

to strip, to pare, to peel, to husk, to pull, to pluck

Concepts

rude

graze

impolite

loutish

naughty

scrape

scratch

galvanize

incivil

Synonyms

خشن

جاف

أغلف

قليل الحياء

Translations

bast

αγενής

χονδροειδής

impoli

incivil

scortese

cavernícola

Etymology

The sense “skinned animal” is from the root in etymology 2 below, but the use for a “jug” is probably influenced by Aramaic גּוּלְפָא (gulp̄ā, “jug, stone pitcher”), itself apparently a metathesis of Akkadian 𒉺𒄖𒇻 (pagalu, pagulu, “a jar used for libation”). The sense “lout” may be compared to Akkadian 𒉺𒂵𒈝 (pagalum, “to be powerful, massive, cumbersome, brawny”). However, it is also possible to derive it from “something dry, coarse” or even from comparison of a drunkard with an empty wine jar.