Etymology
The word "Banjara" must
have evolved from Prakrit and Hindi
and Rajasthani
words "Bana/Ban or Vana/Van" meaning Forest or Moorlands and
"Chara" meaning 'Movers'. The Banjara are (together with the Domba)
sometimes called the "Gypsies of India".[4]
The word Banjara is a
deprecated, colloquial form of the word of Sanskrit origin. The Sanskrit compound-word vana
chara, "forest wanderers" was given to them presumably because of
their primitive role in the Indian society as forest wood collectors and distributors.
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