Devla
deity sky Romani single tradition · 1
Devla (also called Del, Devel, Devlam, Devles, Devleske, or Dovel) is the word used when directly calling or praying to God in the Romani language. The term is the Romani noun meaning "God" or "a god" and is etymologically distinct from the English word Devil. These Roma words predate the Romani people's adoption of Christianity or Islam by centuries and are derived from the Sanskrit word deva, related to the name for the sky god *Dyēus present throughout Indo-European religions and cultures.
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“After the Yugoslav Wars, some Roma of different groups, like the Arlije and Gurbeti, created their own ethnic religion, based on their folk beliefs of their old Romani folklore, but there are few believers, their holy days are named Djisatedimi.”
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