Zargari

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. a secret language and sociolect based on Persian used by goldsmiths and some minorities of Iran, including Persian Jews
name
  1. a Balkan Romani dialect spoken primarily in the Zargar region of the Qazvin province of Iran
  2. A speaker of the Zargari language

Word forms

Zargari

Etymology

From Persian زرگری (zargari, literally “of or pertaining to goldsmiths”), compound of زرگر (zargar, “goldsmith”) + ـی (-i).

Synonyms

Morghuli
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