Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as a disparaging term for one who is not Romani.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Romani, perhaps from Prakrit *gājjha-, domestic (as opposed to itinerant), ultimately from Sanskrit gr̥haḥ, house; see gher- in Indo-European roots.]
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Examples
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Peerless; a gadjo pearl, the Tsingani had called Imriel de la Courcel.
Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003
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New York who was married to one and spoke Romanes herself (a rare accomplishment for a gadjo); she found the use of "Roma" by outsiders bizarre, and always spoke of "Gypsies" and said those she knew did the same in English.
languagehat.com 2010
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“There was such a boy, a gadjo pearl, with black hair and eyes like the deep sea.
Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003
hernesheir commented on the word gadjo
This term is my one-word autoethnography.
August 7, 2014