rom

a word from vocabulary Selice Romani by Viktor Elšík  
Word form rom
LWT meaning(s)
Word meaning Gypsy, Rom (ethnic autonym); Gypsy man; married Gypsy man; husband (irrespective of ethnicity)
Czech translation Rom, Cikán; romský člověk; romský (ženatý) muž; manžel
Hungarian translation cigány; cigány ember; cigány férfi; férj
Grammatical info noun, masculine
Analyzability unanalyzable
Age Old Indo-Aryan [9] (-1900–-500)
Early Romani reconstruction *ṛom M
Boretzky & Igla's etymology 250: < OIA ḍomba-, ḍoma- ‘Mitglied einer Sänger- und Musikerkaste’, cf. Hindi ḍom(b), ḍomṛā
Mānušs et al. etymology 111: < OIA ḍomba- ‘representative of the caste of musicians, singers, and dancers’, Dravidian ḍomba- ‘street acrobat, conjuger, rope-dancer, juggler’
Vekerdi's etymology 142: < Sanskrit ḍomba [Turner]
Turner's etymology 313–4: ḍōmba 5570 ḍōmba m. ʻ man of low caste living by singing and music ʼ Kathās., ḍōma -- m. lex., ḍōmbinī -- f. [Connected with Mu. words for ʻ drum ʼ PMWS 87, EWA i 464 with lit.] Pk. ḍoṁba -- , ḍuṁba -- , ḍoṁbilaya -- m.; Gy. eur. rom m. ʻ man, husband ʼ, romni f. ʻ woman, wife ʼ, SEeur. i̦om ʻ aGypsy ʼ, pal. dōm ʻ a Nuri Gypsy ʼ, arm. as. (Boša) lom ʻ a Gypsy ʼ, pers. damini ʻ woman ʼ; Ḍ. ḍōm (pl. °ma) ʻ a Ḍom ʼ; Paš. ḍōmb ʻ barber ʼ; Kho. (Lor.) ḍom ʻ musician, bandsman ʼ; Sh. ḍom ʻ a Ḍom ʼ, K. ḍūmb, ḍūm m., ḍūmbiñ f.; S. ḍ̠ūmu m., ḍūmṛī f. ʻ caste of wandering musicians ʼ, L. ḍūm m., ḍūmṇī f., (Ju.) ḍ̠om m., ḍ̠omṇī, ḍomṛī f., mult. ḍōm m., ḍōmṇī f., awāṇ. naṭ -- ḍūm ʻ menials ʼ; P. ḍūm, ḍomrā m., ḍūmṇī f. ʻ strolling musician ʼ, ḍūmṇā m. ʻ a caste of basket -- makers ʼ; WPah. ḍum ʻ a very low -- caste blackskinned fellow ʼ; Ku. ḍūm m., ḍūmaṇ f. ʻ an aboriginal hill tribe ʼ; N. ḍum ʻ a low caste ʼ; A. ḍom m. ʻ fisherman ʼ, ḍumini f.; B. ḍom, ḍam m. ʻ a Ḍom ʼ, ḍumni f. (OB. ḍombī); Or. ḍoma m., °aṇī f., ḍuma, °aṇī, ḍamba, ḍama, °aṇī ʻ a low caste who weave baskets and sound drums ʼ; Bhoj. ḍōm ʻ a low caste of musicians ʼ, H. ḍomb, ḍom, ḍomṛā, ḍumār m., ḍomnī f., OMarw. ḍūma m., ḍūmaṛī f., M. ḍõb, ḍom m. -- Deriv. Gy. wel. romanō adj. (f. °nī) ʻ Gypsy ʼ romanō rai m. ʻ Gypsy gentleman ʼ, °nī čib f. ʻ Gypsy language ʼ. Addenda: ḍōmba -- : Gy.eur. rom m., romni f. esp. ʻ Gypsy man or woman ʼ; WPah.kṭg. ḍōm m. ʻ member of a low caste of musicians ʼ, ḍv̄m m.; Garh. ḍom ʻ an untouchable ʼ.
Other etymologies Kuiper (1948: 87): “the Ḍombas must have been named from their drums, like the Pariahs.” Beníšek (2006): OIA < Mundic; explains the semantic development to ‘husband’
Mayrhofer's etymology no entry