Chavvies & Young People
Chavvie is a Romany word for children. it is mostly used for younger children.
"This noun is either from Romany čhavo, meaning an unmarried Romani male, a male Romani child, or from English chavvy or its Anglo-Romany etymon.
The English noun chavvy, meaning a baby, a child, is from the Anglo-Romany noun of same form and meaning, which is ultimately derived from Sanskrit śāva, the young of any animal. " - quoted from the Romany origin of the British ‘chavvi’ – word histories
Information for chavvies & young people in the GRT community
