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Zott (singular Zotti )is the Arabic term for gypsies. The Zott were musicians who migrated in great numbers from India to Sassanid Persia under Behram Gour. Their name was later applied to any itinerant entertainer of Indian origin, and came to be the common name of the Dom people
Dom people

The Dom of the Middle East and South Asia are an Indo-Aryans ethnic group. Some authors relate them to the Domba people of India.They have a rich oral tradition and express their culture and history through music, poetry and dance....
 in the Middle East, as English gypsy
Gypsy

The term gypsy has several overlapping meanings. Initially the word was used to referred to the Romani people, who first appeared in England at about the beginning of the 16th century....
 or tinker with contemptuous connotations.






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Zott (singular Zotti )is the Arabic term for gypsies. The Zott were musicians who migrated in great numbers from India to Sassanid Persia under Behram Gour. Their name was later applied to any itinerant entertainer of Indian origin, and came to be the common name of the Dom people
Dom people

The Dom of the Middle East and South Asia are an Indo-Aryans ethnic group. Some authors relate them to the Domba people of India.They have a rich oral tradition and express their culture and history through music, poetry and dance....
 in the Middle East, as English gypsy
Gypsy

The term gypsy has several overlapping meanings. Initially the word was used to referred to the Romani people, who first appeared in England at about the beginning of the 16th century....
 or tinker with contemptuous connotations. The Al-Qamus Al-Muhit glosses the term as equivalent to Nawar
Nawar

Nawar or NAWAR may refer to:* The Roma minority in Syria* List of Quest for Glory characters#Nawar, a character from the Quest for Glory series of computer games...
 (singular Nawari).