Romani edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit धावति (dhāvati). Cognate to Hindi धोना (dhonā).

Verb edit

thovel

  1. to wash

References edit

  • Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40
  • Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “tho(ve)l (thovdǎs)”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 156