patteran

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patteran

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

noun patterans · patrin

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. Follow the Romany Patteran / Sheer to the Austral Light, / Where the besom of God is the wild South wind, / Sweeping the sea-floors white.

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@misc{patteran_2026,
  title = {patteran},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/patteran},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}