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minʒ

Romani edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Possibly borrowed from Old Armenian մէջ (mēǰ, “loins, belly, abdomen”).

Noun edit

minʒ f (nominative plural minʒa)

  1. (International Standard)
    1. vagina[1][2]
    2. vulva[3]

Descendants edit

  • → English: minge
  • → Czech: minža
  • → Mongolian: минж (minž)

References edit

  1. ^ Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “mindž”, 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 181b
  2. ^ Victor A. Friedman (2020) “The Impact of Turkish on Romani”, in Yaron Matras, Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 236
  3. ^ Ronald Lee (2005) “Lesson seven”, in Learn Romani: Das-dúma Rromanes, reprint edition, Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press, published 2017, →ISBN, page 94
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