English words from Romani
- romA software image of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation.
- coveA hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
- romaA Rom; a member of the Romani people.
- stirTo disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
- corrA fight.
- mashA mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
- chaiA female Romani.
- diddyA woman's breast.
- coveyA brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).
- choreA task, especially a regularly needed task for the upkeep of a home or similar, such as housecleaning or preparing meals.
- coshA weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack.
- RomaniA member of the Roma, a nomadic people originating in modern-day Pakistan or Northwest India and traditionally having an itinerant way of life, living widely dispersed across Europe and speaking a language that is related to Hindi.
- boshNonsense.
- shivA knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
- gaffA tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.
- cushExcellent, very good.
- chiveA perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
- masherOne who, or that which, mashes.
- charverTo have sex with; to fuck.
- čirikloA háček (marking palatalisation when written atop a consonant, iotation when written atop a vowel).
- cushtyExcellent, very good.
- dinloA fool.
- gadjeA non-Roma; a non-Romani person.
- gavverA member of the police.
- gorgerOne who gorges.
- mash noteA love letter
- muloA vampire.
- patteranAny of several coded signs left along a road or on a non-Roma house by one Rom to another. The most common ones consist of crossed sprigs (usually of different trees or shrubs) indicating, for example, a direction travelled.
- PorajmosThe planned and attempted genocide of the Romani people during the Second World War by Nazi Germany and its allies.
- SamudaripenSynonym of Porajmos (“planned and attempted genocide of the Romani people”).
- spivA smartly dressed person who trades in illicit, black-market or stolen goods, especially during World War II.
- yoggerA gun.