Zott
Zott (Arabic: زط; singular Zottī) is the Arabic term for Romani people (also known as Gypsies) and Dom people. The Zott were musicians who migrated in great numbers from northern India to the Middle East about 1000 years ago. Their name was later applied to any itinerant entertainer of Indian origin; and came to be the common name of the Dom people in the Middle East. Al-Qāmūs al-Muḥīṭ glosses the term as equivalent to Nawar (singular Nawarī).[1]
It is believed the term is derived from Zutt (Jat),[2] with the Zotts being at least partially descended from them.[3]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Kenrick, Donald (2004). Gypsies: From the Ganges to the Thames. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. ISBN 978-1-902806-23-5.
- ↑ Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1976). The Mediaeval Islamic Underworld: The Banū Sāsān in Arabic Society and Literature. The Banū Sāsān in Arabic life and lore. BRILL. p. 170. ISBN 978-90-04-04392-3.
- ↑ Richardson, Kristina (2021). Roma in the Medieval Islamic World: Literacy, Culture, and Migration. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 9780755635788.
- M. J. de Goeie, A Contribution to the History of the Gypsies, Amsterdam (1875, 2007 reprint)
- Hanifi, M. Jamil (December 15, 2008). "JĀT". Encyclopedia Iranica.
- Amanolahi, Sekandar (1999). "The Gypsies of Iran (A Brief Introduction)". Iran & the Caucasus. 3/4: 109–118. doi:10.1163/157338499X00065. JSTOR 4030769.
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