Zargari (or Romāno) is a dialect of Balkan Romani, spoken in Zargar region (Abyek district) of the Qazvin Province of in Iran by the ethnic Zargari people. The language can be found in surrounding regions as well. It is one of the only Indo-Aryan languages still spoken in Iran, and is considered endangered. Zargari takes its name from the Persian word for "goldsmith" ( zargar).
Vocabulary
Eighteen = Oxdu For me = Miri For you = Diri Fish = Mačo God = Del Horse = Grast Fox = Jӕqqӕlis Hand = Vast Water = Pani Night = Rati Donkey = Xer Bread = Manro Proceedings of the First National Conference on Iranian Studies (Volume II)
See also Domari language Romani language
References
External links Hassan Rezai Baghbidi. The Zargari Language: An Endangered European Romani in Iran Marushiakova, Elena and Vesselin Popov. 2010. Migrations West to East in the Times of the Ottoman Empire: The Example of a Gypsy/Roma Group in Modern Iran. Anthropology of the Middle East 5 (1): p. 93–99.