baro

Inherited from Romani baro.

• barri, bawla, bawro, bora, bori, borri, borro, bowro

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaːrəʊ], [ˈbaɹəʊ]

baro

1. big
2. great

• → English: barry

Inherited from Romani bero.

baro

1. boat

• “baro”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎^[1], The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 17
• “baro”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎^[2], The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 20

barò

1. clothes

baro

1. (Bugurdži, Crimea, Kosovo Arli, Macedonian Arli, Sepečides, Sofia Erli, Ursari) big
2. (Bugurdži, Kosovo Arli, Sofia Erli, Ursari) great
3. (Bugurdži, Kosovo Arli, Sofia Erli, Ursari) large
4. (Bugurdži, Kosovo Arli) huge
5. (Crimea) eldest
6. (Macedonian Arli) mature
7. (Sepečides, Sofia Erli) mighty
8. (Sofia Erli) swollen
9. (Sofia Erli) grown-up
10. (Ursari) numerous
11. (Ursari) solid
12. (Ursari) full-bosomed

baro m

1. (Bugurdži, Macedonian Arli) adult, grown-up
2. (Crimea) chief
3. (Crimea) policeman
4. (Sofia Erli) director

• “baro” in Bugurdži Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Crimean Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Kosovo Arli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Macedonian Arli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Sepečides Romani-English dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Sofia Erli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Ursari Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

• baarò (Lotfitka)

baro

1. (Litovska, Xaladitka) big, large
   • 2011, Vida Beinortienė, Romų kalba [Roma Language]‎^[3] (overall work in Lithuanian), Panevėžio Vaikų Dienos Užimtumo Centras [Panevėžys Children's Day Care Center], →ISBN, pasakojimai [stories], page 113:

     Targo sys lačho, baro, phērdo grēnca.

     The market was good, large, full of horses

2. (Litovska, Xaladitka) great
   • 2022, Agnieška Avin, Kirill Kozhanov, Gopalas Michailovskis, Aušra Simoniukštytė, Vytis Vidūnas, Jolanta Zabarskaitė, Lietuvos romų sakytinės istorijos archyvas [Lithuanian Roma oral history archive]‎^[4] (overall work in Lithuanian), Romų visuomenės centras [Roma Community Center], →ISBN, section II, page 90:

     Naprimier, jesli lynaskiro da chačkiribe baro, syr pani na denas lengie […]

     For example, in the heat of the summer, they were denied water, […]

     (literally, “For example, if in the summer this heat was great, how they were not given their water, […] ”)

   • 2011, Vida Beinortienė, Romų kalba [Roma Language]‎^[5] (overall work in Lithuanian), Panevėžio Vaikų Dienos Užimtumo Centras [Panevėžys Children's Day Care Center], →ISBN, pasakojimai [stories], page 111:

     Nadžindē romanē čhavorēstyr ando kodoja vrēmia kerdziapēs baro aktoro, savēs džinēl saro svēto.

     During this time, the unknown Romani boy became a famous actor, known by the whole world.

     (literally, “The unknown Romani boy, in this time became a great actor, whereof the whole world knew”)

1. (Litovska) senior, superior
   • 2011, Vida Beinortienė, Romų kalba [Roma Language]‎^[6] (overall work in Lithuanian), Panevėžio Vaikų Dienos Užimtumo Centras [Panevėžys Children's Day Care Center], →ISBN, pasikalbėjimai [conversations], page 69:

     Jo sy baro pro šingalēnge, pro kralisko buty.

     He is a senior officer in the royal service.

baro m

1. (Xaladitka) adult
2. (Litovska) bar, pub
   • 2005, Anton Tenser, Lithuanian Romani, Lincom Europa, →ISBN, →OCLC, 4.2 Case representation, page 42:

     odoj sy le baro nadur khangirjate

     there is a bar near the church

• “baro” in Lithuanian Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in North Russian Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

• bauro (Prekmurski)
• báro (Veršend)

baro

1. (Burgenland, East Slovakia, Gurvari, Hungarian Vend, Romungro) big
2. (Burgenland) large
3. (Burgenland) huge
4. (Burgenland) mighty
5. (Burgenland, Gurvari, Hungarian Vend, Romungro) great
6. (East Slovakia) high
7. (East Slovakia) elevated, noble
8. (East Slovakia) important

baro

1. (East Slovakia) very, many
2. (East Slovakia) long

baro m

1. (Burgenland) adult
2. (East Slovakia) commander
3. (East Slovakia) important/serious business

• “baro” in Burgenland Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in East Slovak Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Gurvari Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Hungarian Vend Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Romungro Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

• Hyphenation: ba‧ro

baro

1. a cylindrical container with a capacity of about 5 to 6 gallons

• baru

Inherited from Romani baro.

• IPA^(key): /baɾo/

baro

1. large, big

• Alexandre Baudrimont (1862) “baro”, in Vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens habitant les pays basques français [Vocabulary of the language of the Roma living in the French Basque Country], Bordeaux: G. Gounouilhou, →OCLC

bari +‎ -o

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaro]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: ba‧ro

baro (accusative singular baron, plural baroj, accusative plural barojn)

1. obstruction, barrier ("that which obstructs or impedes")

   E. forigas la lingvajn barojn inter la popoloj. ― Esperanto removes the language barriers between peoples.

   Pro multaj ĝenoj k baroj la laboro haltis. ― Work has halted due to many annoyances and barriers.

2. (mathematics) bound

Borrowed from Esperanto baro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaro/

baro (plural bari)

1. obstruction (barrier)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh.

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾo/ [bɐˈɾo]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ro

baró (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜎᜓ)

1. new (most senses)

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ro/
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: bà‧ro

Probably from Latin bārō (“simpleton”). Or, from Late Latin baraliāre (“dispute, quarrel”), probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Cognate with Spanish barajar and Catalan baralla (“deck of cards”), Portuguese baralhar (“to shuffle cards”).

baro m (plural bari)

1. cardsharp
2. cheat

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

baro

1. first-person singular present indicative of barare

• baro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “baro”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

• Orba, bora, orba, roba

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːrʌ/, /ˈbɑːra/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ro

baro

1. Alternative form of borrow
   • 2020, Carolyn Cooper, “Govament a hide up di truth bout di virus?”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎^[7]:

     “Mad smadi a baro maask! […] ”

     Crazy people are borrowing masks! […]

• baaro

baro (feminine bari, comparative baaride)

1. big, great
2. grown-up

• “baro” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

baro

1. clothes; dress

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -arɔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ro

baro (comparative barżi, superlative nôbarżi)

1. very

   Synonym: barzo

• Sychta, Bernard (1967) “baro, barzo”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 20
• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “baro”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “bardzo”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “bardzo”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[8]
• “baro”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Unknown, likely a loanword. Cf. bardus (“stupid”).

• vārō, varrō, barrō

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.roː/, [ˈbäːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ro/, [ˈbäːro]

bārō m (genitive bārōnis); third declension

1. (derogatory) simpleton, dunce, lout (a boorish and uneducated person)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bārō	bārōnēs
Genitive	bārōnis	bārōnum
Dative	bārōnī	bārōnibus
Accusative	bārōnem	bārōnēs
Ablative	bārōne	bārōnibus
Vocative	bārō	bārōnēs

• bārōsus

• Italian: barone

From Proto-West Germanic *barō, although a Celtic origin has also been proposed. See baron for more. Possibly attested as early as AD 97–105.^[1]

• varō, parō

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈba.roː/, [ˈbäroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ro/, [ˈbäːro]
• The length of the first vowel is uncertain. Scholars generally give it as short per the Germanic and to distinguish from etymology 1. Nevertheless it does appear with a long vowel in medieval verse (e.g. in De triumphis ecclesie).

barō m (genitive barōnis); third declension

1. (Classical Latin) man
   • AD 150–275, Curse-tablet from Britain Brit. 23.5:

     ut ei qui mihi fraudem fecerit sanitatem ei non permittas nec iacere nec sedere nec bibere nec manducare si baro si mulier si puer si puella si servus si liber^[2]

     ...[I ask] that you not allow the one who has committed a crime against me to have good health, nor to lie, sit, drink, or eat, whether [they be] a man or woman, boy or girl, slave or freeman...

   • Ca. AD 500, Lex Salica 31.1–2:

     si quis baronem ingenuum de via sua ostaverit aut inpinxerit [...] dc dinarios qui faciunt solidos xv culpabilis iudicetur si quis mulierem ingenuam de via ostaveritaut inpinxerit mdccc dinarios qui faciunt solidos xlv culpabilis iudicetur^[3]

     Should anyone shove a freeborn man out of their way [...] they shall be fined 600 denarii, which amounts to 15 solidi. Should anyone shove a freeborn woman out of their way, they shall be fined 1800 denarii, which amounts to 45 solidi.

2. (Late Latin) mercenary
   • AD 600–625, Isidore's Etymologiae 9.4.31:

     mercennarii sunt qui serviunt accepta mercede idem et barones graeco nomine quod sint fortes in laboribus βαρύς enim dicitur gravis quod est fortis cui contrarius est levis id est infirmus^[4]

     Mercenaries are those who serve for money. They are also known by the Greek name barones since they are powerful in their exertions. After all, βαρύς means 'heavy' i.e. 'strong', the opposite of which is 'light' i.e. 'weak'.

3. (Late Latin, Early Medieval Latin)^? soldier's servant
   • Probably 4th–9th c. AD, Commentum Cornuti 5.138:

     lingua gallorum barones vel varones dicuntur servi militum^[5]

     In the parlance of the Gauls, the servants of soldiers are called barones or varones.

4. (Early Medieval Latin) freeman^?
   • AD 643, Edictum Rothari 1.17:

     si quis ex baronibus nostris ad nos voluerit venire securus veniat^[6]

     Should any of our barones[?] wish to come to us, let him do so safely...

5. (Early Medieval Latin) serf
   • AD 741, Deed of donation in St. Gallen :

     et in insola ipsa mancipios tres et parones quattuor ista omnia ad ipsum monasterium superius nominatum tradimus^[7]

     ...as well as three slaves and four serfs on the island. We donate all this to the aforementioned monastery...

6. (Medieval Latin, in the plural) the notables (of a kingdom, country, or city)
7. (Medieval Latin) vassal
8. (Medieval Latin) baron
9. (Medieval Latin) famous man

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	barō	barōnēs
Genitive	barōnis	barōnum
Dative	barōnī	barōnibus
Accusative	barōnem	barōnēs
Ablative	barōne	barōnibus
Vocative	barō	barōnēs

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: baró
  • Occitan: baron
  • Old French: baron (see there for further descendants)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: baron, varon
    • Galician: varón
    • Portuguese: varão
  • Old Spanish: baron, varon
    • Spanish: varón, barón
• Borrowings:
  • → Hungarian: báró (directly?)

• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “baro”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, pages 85–86
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “baro”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[9], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

• “baro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “baro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• baro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• baro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• baro in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
• Liberman, Anatoly (2014 June 18) “A globalized history of “baron,” part 2”, in OUPblog, retrieved 2021-03-29

baro

1. inflection of barot:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of barot
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of barot

baro m

1. genitive singular of baras

baro

1. widowed person

From Proto-West Germanic *baru, from Proto-Germanic *barwaz.

baro m

1. sanctuary
2. place of sacrifice

From Proto-West Germanic *barō, from Proto-Germanic *barô.

baro m

1. human being
2. man
3. freeman

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa), from Sanskrit वड्र (vaḍra), from वृद्ध (vṛddha, “large, old, eminent”). Cognate with Hindustani بَڑا (baṛā) / बड़ा (baṛā).

baro (feminine bari, plural bare)

1. big

   Antonym: tikno

• Angloromani: baro, barri, bawla, bawro, bora, bori, borri, borro, bowro
• Caló: baró
• Erromintxela: baro
• Traveller Norwegian: baro

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “baro”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 134
• “baro” in Dolenjski Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

baro (Cyrillic spelling баро)

1. vocative singular of bȁra

• bro, bur

baro (feminine bari)

1. big
2. wide
3. long
4. tall
5. important

• “baro” in Sinte Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

baro

1. learn

   Synonym: bar

Borrowed from Malay baju (cf. Ilocano bado, Remontado Agta badu), ultimately from Classical Persian بازو (bāzū, “upper arm”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾoʔ/ [ˈbaː.ɾoʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɾoʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ro

barò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜓ)

1. clothing; wearing apparel
2. upper garment

• barong

• Zorc, David Paul (1977) The Bisayan Dialects of the Philippines: Subgrouping and Reconstruction (Pacific Linguistics, Series C, No. 44)‎^[10], Canberra: Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, page 213.
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 60

• obra

From N- (nominalizer) +‎ paro (“to cover”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.ɾo]

baro

1. a bandage

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Inherited from Romani baro.

baro

1. large, big

• “baro” in Norwegian Romani Dictionary.
• “baro” in Tavringens Rakripa: Romanifolkets Ordbok, Landsorganisasjonen for Romanifolket.

baro (feminine bari)

1. (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Kalderaš, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) big, large
2. (Banatiski Gurbet, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) great
3. (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Sremski Gurbet) long
4. (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) high
5. (Banatiski Gurbet, Sremski Gurbet) huge
6. (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) tall
7. (Gurbet) fat
8. (Gurbet, Sremski Gurbet) wide
9. (Gurbet) grown-up, adult
10. (Gurbet, figuratively) important
11. (Gurbet) prominent
12. (Gurbet) main
13. (Gurbet, Kalderaš) respectable
14. (Gurbet) esteemed
15. (Gurbet, Kalderaš, Lovara) powerful
16. (Gurbet, Kalderaš) mighty
17. (Kalderaš) elder
18. (Lovara) noble
19. (Sremski Gurbet) broad

baro

1. (Gurbet) very, very much

baro m

1. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) lord
2. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) any important, respectable person: landlord, master, chief, director, manager, commander, employer
3. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) householder
4. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) rich man
5. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) sovereign
6. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) prince
7. (Kalderaš) chief
8. (Kalderaš) general
9. (Macedonian Džambazi) Mr.

baro m

1. (Lovara) bar

• “baro” in Banatiski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Kalderaš Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Lovara Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Macedonian Džambazi Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “baro” in Sremski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.