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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Literature, Pet
Meaning & History
Possibly a variant transcription of Arabic خالي (jali) meaning "free" (general not only related with freedom).This name was used by Victor Hugo for Esmeralda's little goat in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831). It was also used by Gustave Flaubert for a dog in Madame Bovary (1857).
