gadjo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Romani gadjo. Doublet of gadgie and gorger.
Noun
gadjo (plural gadjos or gadje)
- A non-Roma, a non-Romani person.
- Synonyms: gadje, gajo, gauje
Translations
non-Romani person — see gadje
Further reading
Gadjo (non-Romani) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Angloromani
Alternative forms
- gawdjo
Etymology
Inherited from Romani gaʒo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡaːd͡ʒəʊ]
Noun
gadjo (plural gadjos)
- gadje (non-Romani person)
- Coordinate term: gadji
References
- “gadjo”, in Angloromani Dictionary, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, archived from the original on 2021-04-18, page 103
French
Etymology
From Romani gadjo, theorised to be from Sanskrit गार्ह्य (gārhya, “domestic, not itinerant”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.dʒo/
Audio (file)
Noun
gadjo m (plural gadjé or gadjos, feminine gadji)
- gadje (non-Romani person)
References
- 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.
- “Gadscho (Gadžo) / Das / Gor”, in Rombase, January 2003
Romani
Noun
gadjo m (plural gadje)
- Alternative form of gaʒo (“gadje man”)