lovor

From Latin laurus.

• IPA^(key): /lôʋoːr/
• Hyphenation: lo‧vor

lȍvōr m inan (Cyrillic spelling ло̏во̄р)

1. laurel

• “lovor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• lover

From Tavringer Romani lover, loviar (“money”), from Romani lowo (“coin”). Related to Sanskrit लोहवर (lohavara, “gold”).

lovor c pl

1. (slang) money
   • 1978, Kal P. Dal, “Houndans kvinna”, in Gräd Ente Fassan!‎^[1]:

     Hon lånar ut lovor men hon har inget bankkontor.

     She lends money but has no bank office.

   • 2015 October 20, Max Wiman, “En välkammad presskonferens [A well-groomed press conference]”, in Sydsvenskan‎^[2], Malmö, Sweden:

     ”Det är väl fantastiskt. Det hade jag också gjort om jag haft hans lovor”, sa Markus Rosenberg.

     ”It’s wonderful, isn’t it? I would have done the same if I had his money”, Markus Rosenberg said.

• Gerd Carling (2005) “lovor”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 89
• Slangopedia