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Bosha

Bosha noun: the Lom, a nomadic people related to the Rom and Dom, with origins in India, who reside in the South Caucasus; Caucasian Gypsies.

Noun

Bosha pl (plural only)

  1. (ethnic, offensive, plural, plural-only, slur, sometimes) The Lom, a nomadic people related to the Rom and Dom, with origins in India, who reside in the South Caucasus; Caucasian Gypsies.
    • The Bosha are Central Gypsy (Lomavren) speakers (Patkanoff 1908-1909; le Redžosko 1984); but what is noteworthy is the presence of two Romani (i.e., European or Western) Gypsy-speaking populations in the Middle East: the Ghagar in Egypt (Sampson 1928; Hanna 1982), and the Zagari in Iran (Windfugr...1988, Mohammad Ali Jazayery, Werner Winter, editors, Languages and Cultures: Studies in Honor of Edgar C. Polomé, page 199

Origin of Bosha

From one of the languages spoken in the Caucasus where the people reside; see Russian боша (boša), Armenian բոշա (boša), Georgian ბოშა (boša), Turkish and Azerbaijani Poşa, Boşa.

Questions about Bosha

What does Bosha mean?
Bosha means the Lom, a nomadic people related to the Rom and Dom, with origins in India, who reside in the South Caucasus; Caucasian Gypsies.
What part of speech is Bosha?
Bosha is a noun.

Words near Bosha in the dictionary

  1. Bosers
  2. Boserupian
  3. bosey
  4. boseys
  5. bosh
  6. Bosha
  7. Bosham
  8. Boshart
  9. Bosharts
  10. Boshas
  11. boshbok

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