gaj
gaj is the alternative form of gadje.
Meaning of gadje
Noun
gadje (plural gadjes or gadje)
- A non-Roma; a non-Romani person.
- This is one of the things that makes this music Roma rap,” the musicians say in an interview. And, “[w]e also try to attack everyday racism and throw back in the gadjes' face what they say about us, Roma” (“Roma rap,” my translation).2007, Sylvia Mieszkowski, Joy Smith, Marijke de Valck, Sonic Interventions, page 274
Forms of gaj
| plural | gajes |
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Questions about gaj
- What is gaj the alternative form of?
- Gaj is the alternative form of gadje.
Words near gaj in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gaj (page history and authors); gadje (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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