murś
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Romani[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- mursh (Anglicized)
- murš (Pan-Vlax)
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit पुरुष (puruṣa), with influence from मनुष्य (manuṣya). Cognate with Sindhi [script needed] (mursu) and Khetrani [script needed] (murs).
Noun[edit]
murś m (plural murśa)
- (International Standard) man (regardless of whether he is Romani or not)
Descendants[edit]
- Angloromani: mush
- → English: mush
- Sinte Romani: murš
- Tavringer Romani: mus, muss, musij, mossj, måssj
- Welsh Romani: murš
References[edit]
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manuṣyà”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 564
- Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 25
- Gerd Carling (2005) “musch”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 93
- Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “murś”, in ニューエクスプレス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 140