| Word form | raklo |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | non-Gypsy young man, non-Gypsy boy |
| Czech translation | neromský mladík, chlapec |
| Hungarian translation | nem cigány fiú |
| Grammatical info | noun, masculine |
| Analyzability | unanalyzable |
| Age | Old Indo-Aryan [9] (-1900–-500) |
| Early Romani reconstruction | *rakl-ó M |
| Boretzky & Igla's etymology | 242: < OIA laḍḍika- with metathesis; derivation of laḍḍa- ‘Schurke, Bursche = rogue, fellow, lad’; cf. Hindi laṛkā ‘boy’, Panjabi laḍikkā ‘verwöhntes Kind = spoiled child’ |
| Mānušs et al. etymology | 109: < OIA dāraka M; cf. Hindi larkā M |
| Vekerdi's etymology | 139: < Sanskrit *laḍḍika [Turner] |
| Turner's etymology | laḍikka 10924 *laḍikka ʻ child ʼ. 2. *laḍḍikka -- . [Cf. lāḍĭ̄ka -- m. ʻ boy, servant ʼ lex. ʻ Defective ʼ word ~ laṭa -- , laḍḍa -- , lala -- . Cf. láṭati ʻ acts childishly ʼ, laṭva -- m. ʻ dancing boy ʼ. Similar formations in Mu. PMWS 114] 1. P. laṛkā m. ʻ boy ʼ, °kī f. ʻ girl ʼ, Aw.lakh. Bhoj. larikā; -- altern. < 2 with shortening of vowel: Gy. eur. raklo m., °li f. (< *larako), WPah.cur. laṛkā m., Ku. laṛīk, B. leṛkā, Mth. laṛikā, laṛkā, H. laṛkā m., °kī f. 2. P. laḍikkā m. ʻ spoilt child ʼ, N. laṛko, °ki, A. lārikā; G. lāḍkũ n. ʻ darling ʼ, M. lāḍkā m. |
| Other etymologies | Kuiper (1948: 114) |