English
gadjo
Gadjo comes from Romani gaʒo ‘gadje (non-Romani) man’.
- Romanimoderngaʒo‘gadje (non-Romani) man’
- Englishtodaygadjo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Romanimoderngaʒo‘gadje (non-Romani) man’
- Englishtodaygadjo
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 / gadjo