gadjo

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani gadjo. Doublet of gadgie and gorger.

Noun

gadjo (plural gadjos or gadje)

  1. A non-Roma, a non-Romani person.
    Synonyms: gadje, gajo, gauje

Translations

non-Romani person — see gadje

Further reading

Angloromani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Romani gaʒo.

Pronunciation

Noun

gadjo (plural gadjos)

  1. gadje (non-Romani person)
    Coordinate term: gadji

References

  • “gadjo”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, archived from the original on April 18, 2021, page 103

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani gadjo, theorised to be from Sanskrit गार्ह्य (gārhya, “domestic, not itinerant”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.dʒo/
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Noun

gadjo m (plural gadjé or gadjos, feminine gadji)

  1. gadje (non-Romani person)

References

  1. ^ Nicholas Saul, Susan Tebbutt, editors (2005), The Role of the Romanies: Images and Counter-images of 'Gypsies'/Romanies in European Cultures, page 71:
    For example, the most common word for someone who is not a Rom is gadjo, and this comes from an old Indian word gajjha, meaning ‘civilian’ or ‘non-military person’ […] But this is inaccurate, to say the least. There is no Old Indian word gajjha meaning ‘civilian’. The attested form is the Old Indo-Aryan word garhya meaning ‘domestic’, from which Pischel (1900) hypothesized an unattested Middle Indian sound form *gajjha, which could have developed into the Romani word gadjo.
  2. ^ “Gadscho (Gadžo) / Das / Gor”, in Rombase‎, 2003 January, archived from the original on 5 January 2021

Romani

Noun

gadjo m (plural gadje)

  1. Alternative form of gaʒo (“gadje man”)
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