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Aul

//aʊl// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of auld. alt-of, alternative
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A village encampment in the Caucasus, Central Asia or the Southern Urals.

    "His sorrel face, his long narrow eyes and dusty boots, where he goes on his travels and what really transpires inside the lonely hide tents Out There, among the auls, out in that wind, these are mysteries they don’t care to enter or touch."

  2. 2
    Obsolete spelling of awl. alt-of, obsolete

    "[…] and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

* As a north German surname, spelling variant of Ohl, related to Ulrich. * Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Ahl. * Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Auel, occupational surname for a potter, from a Middle High German borrowing of Latin olla (“pot, jar”).

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