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Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit पुरुष (puruṣa), with influence from मनुष्य (manuṣya). Cognate with Sindhi (mursu) and Khetrani (murs).
Noun
murś m (plural murśa)
- (International Standard) man (regardless of whether he is Romani or not)
Descendants
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manuṣyà”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 564
- Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 25
- Gerd Carling (2005) “musch”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 93
- Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “murś”, in ニューエクスプレス ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 140