# patteran

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of several coded signs left along a road or on a non-Roma house by one Rom to another. The most common ones consist of crossed sprigs (usually of different trees or shrubs) indicating, for example, a direction travelled.

## Etymology
From Romani patrin (“leaf”), perhaps specifically from an inflected form like Vlax Romani pateryánsa.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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