Romani edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀔𑀻𑀦 (khīna, destroyed, exhauted), from Sanskrit क्षीण (kṣīṇa) or खिन्न (khinna).[1][2][3]

Adjective edit

khino (feminine khini, plural khine)

  1. tired

References edit

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kṣīṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 192
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khinna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 205
  3. ^ Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “khinó”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 158b

Further reading edit

  • Marcel Courthiade (2009) “khin/o, -i pl. -e = khind/o, -i pl. -e”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 215a