Some terms you may encounter
  • baxtalo: (Ruska Romanes) lucky people or welcome — Bahktale’s name is derived from this word
  • barxotka: (Russian Mat) velvet collar, or the younger partner and/or more submissive partner in a gay relationship.
  • Bratva: (Russian) translated as Brotherhood. An organized Russian criminal gang, usually a part of the thief-in-law subculture.
  • Calo: (Ruska Romanes) Spanish Roma
  • Kalo Rat: Black (Romanes) Blood
  • gadje(Various Romanes Dialects)  A non-Rromani person (In actual North Russian Romani, the word is gadzhe, but for the sake of distinguishing its meaning, it is spelled differently here.)
  • gadzhe(Various Romanes Dialects)  A Rromani person who with light hair or pale skin.
  • King (of the Gypsies): In some Rroma tribes, a decoy leader assigned to his position to prevent hostile gadje from finding the true kumpania leader.  Usually this is an expendable and often self-appointed member of the kumpania.
  • kris(Various Romanes Dialects)  Rromani court
  • krisnitorya(Various Romanes Dialects)  the judges at a kris
  • pośeľenijo/kumpania(Various Romanes Dialects)  settlement
  • marime/necisto(Various Romanes Dialects)  impure
  • minge/mindze: vagina
  • petukh: (Russian Mat) Literally rooster or cock.  Used to denote a low-ranking criminal who had been ceremonially raped in jail.
  • Rromani/Rroma/Roma: A semi-nomadic people that originated from India
  • rakli: (Various Romanes Dialects) Non-Rromani woman
  • (r)romni: (Various Romanes Dialects) wife or woman
  • (r)rom: (Various Romanes Dialects) husband or man
  • cjaj/shey: (Various Romanes Dialects) unmarried girl
  • cjavo/shav/chaval: (Various Romanes Dialects) unmarried boy
  • Sinti: A Roma-like ethnic group
  • Vor: (Russian) A thief-in-law. A criminal who obeys the code of the old school Russian Criminal underworld
  • Xaladitka:  (Ruska Romanes) The Soldier-Slaves. North Russian Roma
  • Zeta Reticulians: A common type of space alien.  Also known as the Grays.

If there are any other terms that you want defined, leave them in the comments.