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See also: Vardø and Vårdö

English

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a vardo
 
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Angloromani vardo, from Romani vordon, from Ossetian уӕрдон (wærdon), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎫 (vart-), from Proto-Iranian *wart- (to turn), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wart-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (to turn, rotate).[1] [2]

Noun

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vardo (plural vardos or vardoes)

  1. A traditional horse-drawn wagon used by the Romani.

References

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  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*u̯art”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 423–425
  2. ^ Yaron Matras ((Can we date this quote?)) Romani: A Linguistic Introduction

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