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Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀮𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (lajjā), from Sanskrit लज्जा (lajjā), from the root लस्ज् (lasj), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *lazȷ́- (“to be shy, to be embarrassed”).
Noun
laʒ f (plural laʒa)
- (International Standard) shame
Descendants
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “laǰ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 632
- Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40
- Mozes F. Heinschink, Michael Teichmann (2003 October) “Taboo and shame (Ladž) in traditional Roma communities”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database, Wien, archived from the original on 1 October 2020
- Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e laʒ, -a- ʒ. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 220