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Romani
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀸𑀡 (purāṇa), from Sanskrit पुराण (purāṇa). Cognate with Hindi पुराना (purānā).
Adjective
purano (feminine purani, plural purane)
- old (inanimate)
- Antonym: nevo
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “purāṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 469
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “puran-ó”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 227b-228a
- ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “puran/o, -i pl. -e”, 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 289b