գնչուերեն

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Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From գնչու (gnčʻu) +‎ -երեն (-eren).

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Noun[edit]

գնչուերեն (gnčʻueren)

  1. (sometimes offensive) Romani (language)

Usage notes[edit]

This term derives from the problematic exonym գնչու (gnčʻu) and may be offensive to the Lom.[1] The people's own name for their language is լոմավրեն (lomavren). See the usage note about գնչու (gnčʻu).

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References[edit]

  1. ^ 2002, in Anthropology & archeology of Eurasia: Volumes 41-42, pages 20–24