գնչուերեն

Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From գնչու (gnčʻu) +‎ -երեն (-eren).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

գնչուերեն (gnčʻueren)

  1. (sometimes offensive) Romani (language)

Usage notes edit

This term derives from the problematic exonym գնչու (gnčʻu) 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 (gnčʻu).

Declension edit

See also edit

References edit

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