Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patteran

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pat-ter-an
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several coded signs left along a road or on a non-Roma house by one Rom to another. The most common ones consist of crossed sprigs (usually of different trees or shrubs) indicating, for example, a direction travelled.

Example Sentences

"Follow the Romany Patteran / Sheer to the Austral Light, / Where the besom of God is the wild South wind, / Sweeping the sea-floors white."
"They began to come upon from time to time small cairns of rock by the roadside. They were signs in gypsy language, lost patterans."

Etymology

From Romani patrin (“leaf”), perhaps specifically from an inflected form like Vlax Romani pateryánsa.

Word Breakdown

Root: patrin

Inflected Forms

patterans (plural) patrin (alternative)

Questions

What does patteran mean?: Any of several coded signs left along a road or on a non-Roma house by one Rom to another. The most common ones consist of crossed sprigs (usually of different trees or shrubs) indicating, for example, a direction travelled.
Where does patteran come from?: From Romani patrin (“leaf”), perhaps specifically from an inflected form like Vlax Romani pateryánsa.

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