Zargari (or Romāno) is a dialect of Balkan Romani, spoken in Zargar region (Abyek district) of the Qazvin Province of in Iran by the ethnic Zargari people. The language can be found in surrounding regions as well. It is one of the only Indo-Aryan languages still spoken in Iran, and is considered endangered.[1] Zargari takes its name from the Persian word for "goldsmith" (زرگر zargar).
Vocabulary
- Eighteen= Oxdu
- for me= Miri
- for you= Diri
- Fish= mačo
- God=del
- horse=grast
- Fox= Jӕqqӕlis
- hand= vast
- Water= pani
- Night= Rati [2]
See also
References
- ^ Baghbidi, Hassan Rezai (2003). "The Zargari Language: An Endangered European Romani in Iran". Romani Studies. 13 (2): 123–148. doi:10.3828/rs.2003.5.
- ^ Proceedings of the First National Conference on Iranian Studies (Volume II)
External links
- Hassan Rezai Baghbidi. The Zargari Language: An Endangered European Romani in Iran
- Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov. 2010. Migrations West to East in the Times of the Ottoman Empire: The Example of a Gypsy/Roma Group in Modern Iran. Anthropology of the Middle East 5 (1): p. 93–99.
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