Domari
Meanings
noun
- A member of a people originating in Pakistan or Northwest India and traditionally having an itinerant way of life, living widely dispersed across Pakistan, Middle East and North Africa that speak a language related to Hindi.
- A Middle Eastern Gypsy.
name
- An Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Dom people across the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and India.
Word forms
Etymology
From Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”). Doublet of Rom.
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