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patteran

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Noun — One of various secret signs left beside a road, or on the house of someone who is not Roma, by one Romani person for another; the most usual form is made of crossed twigs (often from different trees or bushes), showing, for instance, which way someone has gone.

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Etymology

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

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