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Romani
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romani români romaní
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Etymology 1
From en rom romani, feminine form of rom romano of or pertaining to the Roma, from rom rom man. See also en Roma.
Not related to en Romanian, en Roman or en Rome.
Alternative forms
en Rommany for the noun
en Romany
en Romanese
en Rromani
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹɒ.mə.ni/ /ˈɹɒm.ni/ /ˈɹəʊ.mə.ni/ UK
en /ˈɹɑ.mə.ni/ /ˈɹoʊ.mə.ni/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Romani.wav Southern England
en ɒməni UK ɑːni nonstandard, technical 3
Noun
* s
A member of the Roma, a nomadic people originating in modern-day Pakistan or Northwest India and traditionally having an itinerant way of life, living widely dispersed across Europe and speaking a language that is related to Hindi.
en The Romani have long been discriminated against.
Synonyms
en Rom, en Roma broad sense
en Bohemian
en Gypsy, en gypsy sometimes offensive
Hyponyms
en Roma strict sense, Romanichal, Sinto
Translations
member of the Roma people Rom
nomadic people Roma
Proper noun
en lect The Indo-Aryan lect of the Roma people, or one of its sublects (such as Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc), closely related to Hindi and Rajasthani.
en Gypsy Rom Romanes
Meronyms
en Balkan Romani
en Kalo Finnish Romani
en Sinte Romani
en Vlax Romani
Derived terms
en Angloromani Balkan Romani Kalo Finnish Romani Para-Romani Scandoromani Sinte Romani Vlax Romani
Translations
language
Albanian: sq gabel
Armenian: hy գնչուերեն
Azerbaijani: az qaraçı dili
Belarusian: be Цыганская мова
Bulgarian: bg ци́гански m, bg Цигански език
Caló: rmq chipicallí f
Catalan: ca romaní m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 羅姆語 Luómǔ yǔ
Cornish: kw Romek m
Czech: cs romština f; cs cikánština f
Danish: da romani n
Dutch: nl Romanes n
Esperanto: eo cigana; eo la cigana lingvo
Finnish: fi romani
French: fr romani m; fr tsigane m f
Georgian: ka აწინკნური, ka აწინკნური ენა
German: de Roma-Sprache f, de Romani n, de Romanes n, de Zigeunersprache f
Greek: el Ρομανί γλώσσα
Hindi: hi रोमानी भाषा f
Hungarian: hu cigány
Irish: ga Roimis f, ga Romainis f
Japanese: ja ロマ語 Roma-go, ja ロマニー語 Romanī-go
Korean: ko ^롬-어
Lithuanian: lt čigonų kalba f
Macedonian: mk ро́мски m, mk Ромски јазик
Marathi: mr रोमानी f
Polish: pl romani n, pl język romski m; pl język cygański m
Portuguese: pt români m, pt romani m
Romani: rom rromani ćhib f
Romanian: ro limba țigănească f
Russian: ru цыга́нский язы́к m, ru цыга́нский m; ru рома́ m, ru рома́ни m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh ромски m; sh цигански m
Latin: sh romski m; sh ciganski m
Spanish: es romaní m; es caló m Spanish Romani
Swedish: sv romani
Tamil: ta ரோமானி
Turkish: tr Çingenece
Ukrainian: uk Циганська мова
Yiddish: yi ראָמאַני n
Adjective
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Of or belonging to the Roma people or their language.
en 2023 C Pam Zhang Land of Milk and Honey Hutchinson Heinemann 158 Every year the local Romani population, still called “gypsies” by many, lit harvest fires.
Derived terms
en Romani studies Romano-
Translations
of or belonging to the Roma people
Armenian: hy գնչուական
Bulgarian: bg ро́мски
Caló: rmq caló, rmq pindoró Hungarian Romani
Catalan: ca romaní m f
Czech: cs romský; cs cikánský
German: de zigeunerisch
Lithuanian: lt čigoniškas
Macedonian: mk ро́мски
Polish: pl cygański, pl romski
Portuguese: pt rom m f; pt cigano m, pt cigana f
Romani: rom rromano
Russian: ru цыга́нский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh ромски m; sh цигански m
Latin: sh romski m; sh ciganski m
Swedish: sv romsk; sv zigensk
Yiddish: yi ציגײַנערש, yi ציגײַניש
See also
rom
en Domari
References
Further reading
Romani - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition
1 rom
Etymology 2
In some cases, derived from en it Romani, it Romano, or cognates thereof.
Pronunciation
en /ɹəˈmɑːni/ /ɹoʊˈmɑːni/
Proper noun
en.
Anagrams
en aimnor A minor A-minor Mainor Marion Morian Romina in mora inamor mainor manoir roamin'
en Languages
Cornish
kw:
Flag of Romania.svg Baner Romani. EU-Romania.svg Romani yn an Unyans Europek.
Etymology
From kw en Romania, from kw ro român Romanian.
Pronunciation
kw [rɔˈmani] RMC
kw [rəˈmæni] RLC
Proper noun
kw propn f
kw Romania Q218
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
kw Romanian<t:Romanian><g:m> Romanianes<t:Romanian><g:f> Romaniek<t:Romanian language> romaniek<t:Romanian><pos:a>
German
de:
Pronunciation
de De-Romani.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
n,-:s
Romani (language)
de Zigeunersprache Romanes
Derived terms
de Angloromani
de Skandoromani
de Languages
Italian
Noun
it noun form m
it Romano
See also
it Rom
it romani
it romano
Anagrams
it aimnor Marino Mirano Morani armino armoni marino marinò maroni mirano normai ramino rimano rinoma
Latin
Pronunciation
Rōmānī
Proper noun
Rōmānī<2> m
the Romans, Roman citizens
Usage notes
While Romani can be used universally but has a stronger connotation on the political, warlike and later imperialistic qualities of Roman citizenship, la Quirītēs is used addressing the Roman people when stressing its civil capacity and legal powers.
Declension
Rōmānī<2>
Proper noun
la proper noun form Rōmānī
la Romanus#Proper_noun Rōmānus nom//voc p ; gen s
Adjective
la adjective form Rōmānī
la Romanus#Adjective Rōmānus gen//loc m//n s ; nom//voc m p
la Ethnonyms