thovel

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit धावति (dhāvati). Cognate to Hindi धोना (dhonā).

Verb

thovel

1. to wash

References

• Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40
• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “tho(ve)l (thovdǎs)”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 156