laćho

See also: lacho, lačho, and łacho

Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Several etymologies have been proposed:

  1. Inherited from Sanskrit अच्छ (accha), with a "l-" prothesis, thus, being a cognate of Hindi अच्छा (acchā).[1][2]
  2. Inherited from Sanskrit लक्ष्मक (lakṣmaka)[2][3], लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī).[2] Compare also लक्षित (lakṣita).[2]

Adjective

laćho (feminine laćhi, plural laćhe)

  1. (International Standard) good[2][3][4][5], right,[4] nice[4]

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Angloromani: latcho
  • Caló: lachó
  • Erromintxela: latxo
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: latšo
  • Sinte Romani: lačo
  • Tavringer Romani: lattjo
  • Vlax Romani: laćho, lasho
  • Welsh Romani: lačo

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “accha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 8
  2. Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “lačh-ó”, 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 162b
  3. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “lakṣmaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 630
  4. Marcel Courthiade (2009), “laćh/o, -i pl. -e”, 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] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 218b
  5. Yūsuke Sumi (2018) 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 151b

Vlax Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Romani laćho.

Adjective

laćho

  1. good
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