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GYPSUM
Dietrich Huff
soft mineral produced from natural gypsum rock by firing in kilns or piles and subsequent pulverization by pounding and grinding.
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GYPSY
Jean-Pierre Digard, Gernot L. Windfuhr
generally referred to by the term kowli in Persian, seemingly a distortion of kāboli, that is, coming from Kabol, the capital of Afghanistan. It is not at all certain, however, that all the groups referred to as kowli are authentic gypsies; nor that only the groups referred to as kowli should be considered as gypsies.
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GYPSY i. Gypsies of Persia
Jean-Pierre Digard
Almost everywhere in Persia there are groups with characteristics similar to those of the Gypsies, but they are called by different names, sometimes designating their geographic or ethnic origin, sometimes their social status, and sometimes their profession.
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GYPSY ii. Gypsy Dialects
Gernot L. Windfuhr
The languages and dialects popularly called “Gypsy” (< Egipcien < qebṭi “Coptic, Egyptian”) constitute three major groups: Asiatic or Middle Eastern Domari, Armenian Lomavren, and European Romani.
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Gurughli
music sample
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G~ CAPTIONS OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Cross-Reference
list of all the figure and plate images in the letter G entries.