raśaj

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Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛṣi, singer of sacred hymns, sage).[1][2]

Noun

raśaj m (accusative raśajes, nominative plural raśaja, accusative plural raśajen)

  1. (International Standard) priest[1][2][3]

Descendants

  • Angloromani: rashai
  • Traveller Norwegian: rasjo

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ŕ̊ṣi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 118
  2. 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “rašáj”, 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, page 242b
  3. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o raśaj, -es m. -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 302b