maćho

See also: MACHO, Macho, macho, and machó

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙 (maccha),[1][2] from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀙 (macha),[1] from Sanskrit मत्स्य (matsya),[1][2] from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mátsyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas.

Noun

maćho m (nominative plural maćhe)

  1. (International Standard)
    1. fish[2][3]
    2. muscle[2][3]

Descendants
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: matšo
  • Traveller Norwegian: makjo
  • Vlax Romani: maćho, masho

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mátsya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 560
  2. Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “mačhó”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 172a
  3. Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o maćh/o, -es m. -e, -en”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 231ab

Vlax Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Romani maćho.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.t͡ʃʰo/, /ma.ɕo/

Noun

maćho m

  1. (International Standard) fish[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

References
  1. “maśo” in Banatiski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  2. “mačho” in Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  3. “mačo” in Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  4. “maśo” in Kalderaš Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  5. “mašo” in Kalderaš Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  6. “mašo” in Lovara Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  7. “mačho” in Macedonian Džambazi Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  8. “mačho” in Sremski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
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