gadjo

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gad·jo

(gä′jō)

n. pl. gad·je (-jə) Offensive

Used as a disparaging term for one who is not Romani.

[Romani, perhaps from Prakrit *gājjha-, domestic (as opposed to itinerant), ultimately from Sanskrit gr̥haḥ, house; see gher- in Indo-European roots.]

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gadjo

(ˈɡædʒəʊ)

n, pl -jos

1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a non-ethnic Romany

2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) an ethnic Romany who does not follow the Romany code

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Like many Roma folk in Romania, she spent her younger years trying to integrate with the gadje (non-Roma) and so hid her ethnicity and heritage.

WHEN IN ROMANIA.. SCOTS TEACHER ON MISSION TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ETHNIC GROUP

Okely, Judith (2007), << La justice des Tsiganes contre la loi des Gadje >>, Ethnologie francaise, 2007/2 (Vol.

THE KRIS/STABOR WITHIN ROMA COMMUNITIES FROM EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ROMANIA. WHAT SOURCES FOR THE LEGITIMACY OF KRISNITORI AND FOR THE PERPETUATION OF KRIS/STABOR?/LE KRIS DANS LES COMMUNAUTES ROM DE SUD-EST DE LA ROUMANIE. QUELLES SONT LES SOURCES POUR LA LEGITIMITE DES KRISNITORI ET DE LA PERPETUATION DU KRIS?

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"You claim to be different from the gadje, but you aren't.

The Midnight Zoo

"I know, Ada, you like this Jewish tradition and dance stuff and you have a thing about suffering, but seriously, a Gadje girl like you should have been born a Roma.

In the Fire That Burns Me

Gypsies, Gadje (non-gypsies) and local Camargue gardiens enjoy Flamenco, Carpathian melodies and Manouche jazz.

All roads lead to the sea

Because Gypsies were shut out of most professions, they developed a fear and mistrust of non-Gypsies, whom they call gadje. Many Gypsies resorted to begging and stealing to survive.