English
gadje
Gadje comes from Romani gaʒo ‘gadje (non-Romani) man’.
- Romanimoderngaʒoas gaʒe‘gadje (non-Romani) man’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007gadje
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Romanimoderngaʒoas gaʒe‘gadje (non-Romani) man’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007gadje
Earliest quotation: 2007, Sylvia Mieszkowski, Joy Smith: “This is one of the things that makes this…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- ‘enclosure’
urban, yard, garden, hangar, garth, girth, girdle, jardin, gord, gird, 9 more
Today it means
noun A non-Roma; a non-Romani person.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Romani gaʒo / gadje