գնչուերեն

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From գնչու (gnčʿu) + -երեն (-eren).

Pronunciation

Noun

գնչուերեն (gnčʿueren)

  1. (sometimes offensive) Romani (language)

Usage notes

This term derives from the problematic exonym գնչու (gnčʿu) and may be offensive to the Lom.[1] The people's own name for their language is լոմավրեն (lomavren). See the usage note about գնչու (gnčʿu).

Declension

See also

References

  1. 2002, in Anthropology & archeology of Eurasia: Volumes 41-42, pages 20–24
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