6. GLOSSARY
Calderash | coppersmith |
Cales (Calé) | blacks |
Cergashi (Cergari) | nomads |
Daouli | a two-skin, short-cylinder drum played with a mallet on one side and a twig on the other (in others regions called davul, tupan, or tabla) |
Dasikhané | "in the way of the Serbs": Serb, Christian-Orthodox |
Gajekhané | "in the way of the Gagi": Serb, Christian-Orthodox |
Gaje | non-Gypsy |
Harvati | Croats |
Khorakhané | "in the way of the Koran": Muslim |
Lautari | musicians |
Manouche | person |
Rom | man |
Roma | people |
Romani | language spoken by the Rom |
Shiptar | Albanian |
Sinti | name of groups present in several European countries |
Slovenski | Slovenian |
Surla | folk oboe common in Turkey and in regions that were subject to Turkish domination |
Ursari | bear trainer |
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