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The Dom (also called Domi; Arabic: دومي / ALA-LC: Dūmī, دومري / Dūmrī, Ḍom / ضوم or دوم, or sometimes also called Doms) are descendants of the Dom caste with origins in the Indian subcontinent which through ancient migrations are found scattered across the Middle East and North Africa, the Eastern Anatolia Region, and parts of the Balkans and Hungary. [11]
The Dom people migrated to the territory of the present day Egypt from South Asia, particularly from Indian Subcontinent, and heavily intermixed with Egyptians. Scholars suggest that their Egyptian admixture later made them known around the world by the vernacular term Gypsies , deriving from the word Egyptian.
A Dom man in Eastern Bengal, c. 1860. The Doma (Sanskrit: डोम, romanized: Doma, lit. 'sub-group of the Dalit caste, living by singing and music'), also known as Dom, Domra, Domba, Domaka, Dombara and Dombari, are castes, or groups, scattered across India. The Doma/Dom were a caste of drummers. [1]
The Dom in Lebanon suffer from poverty and social marginalisation. [4] The estimated population of Dom in Beirut and South Lebanon is 3,112. [5] Notable people.
The Dom language (Domari) in the Middle East is known as Nawari. [5] Domari shows Turkic, Kurdish and Arabic influence. [5] There has been a language shift into Arabic. The exonym "Nawar" could be used sometimes offensively, denoting a contemptible and immoral lifestyle associating them with beggars, itinerants, and thieves. [6]
Doms in Tunisia speak the Domari language.They immigrated to the territory of the present day Tunisia from South Asia, particularly from India, in Byzantine times. [1] Dom and Nawar people self-segregated themselves for centuries from the dominant culture of Tunisia, who view Romani as dishonorable though clever.
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Doms in Sudan speak the Domari language.They immigrated to the territory of the present day Sudan from South Asia, particularly from India, in Byzantine times. Dom and Nawar people self-segregated themselves for centuries from the dominant culture of Sudan, who view Romani as dishonorable though clever.