English Explanatory Dictionary

vardo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional horse-drawn wagon used by the Romani.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɑː.dəʊ/ /ˈvɑɹˌdoʊ/

Word forms

vardo vardos vardoes

Etymology

Borrowed from Angloromani vardo, from Romani vordon, borrowed from Iranian (compare Ossetian уӕрдон (wærdon)), from Proto-Iranian *wart- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wart-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, rotate”).

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