English

Alternative forms

• Porrajmos

Proper noun

Porajmos

1. The planned and attempted genocide of the Romani people during the Second World War by National Socialist Germany and its allies.

Usage notes

Some Balkan Romanis dislike this term and prefer Samudaripen.

Synonyms

• Samudaripen

Hypernyms

• Holocaust

Coordinate terms

• Shoah

See also

• final solution
• Meds Yeghern

Romani

Alternative forms

• Porrajmos

Etymology

From porajmos ‎(“devouring”).

Proper noun

Porajmos

1. the Porajmos; the planned and attempted genocide of the Romani by National Socialist Germany

Usage notes

See the notes in the English entry.

Synonyms

• Samudaripen