Aromanian

English

Etymology

From Romanian aromân; itself from armân. Ultimately from Aromanian armãn.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æɹəʊˈmeɪnɪən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æɹoʊˈmeɪniən/

Adjective

Aromanian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Aromanian people or the Aromanian language.

Translations

relating to Aromanians or the Aromanian language

• Albanian: arumun (sq) m, arumune f, maqedorumun m, maqedorumune f, vllah (sq) m, vllahe (sq) f (adjectives)
• Greek: αρμάνικος (el) (armánikos), αρμανικός (el) (armanikós), αρωμουνικός (el) (aromounikós), αρωμανικός (el) (aromanikós), αρωμάνικος (arománikos), αρουμανικός (el) (aroumanikós), αρουμάνικος (el) (aroumánikos)
• Portuguese: arromeno (pt) m, arromena f
• Romanian: aromânesc (ro), macedoromânesc, armânesc

Noun

Aromanian (plural Aromanians)

1. A member of the people living throughout the southern Balkans, especially in northern Greece, southern and central Albania, parts of North Macedonia, southwestern Bulgaria and Serbia; they are a subgroup of Vlachs.

   Hypernym: Vlach

Usage notes

Do not confuse with Armenians, another ethnic group (whose languages are only distantly related).

Synonyms

• (people): Arumanian, Macedo-Romanian, Macedo-Vlach, Vlach

Translations

person

• Albanian: arumun (sq) m, arumune f vllah (sq) m, vllahe (sq) f, rëmër m, rëmen m, maqedorumun m, maqedorumune f, gogë m, gogeshë f
• Aromanian: armãn m, armãnã f, arãmãn m, arãmãnã f, rãmãn m, rãmãnã f, rrãmãn m, rrãmãnã f, rãmen m, rãmene f, rrãmen m, rrãmene f, vlah m, vlahã f
• Catalan: aromanès m, aromanesa f
• Finnish: aromanialainen
• French: Aroumain
• Greek: Βλάχος (el) m (Vláchos), Βλάχα (el) f (Vlácha), Αρωμούνος (el) m (Aromoúnos), Αρωμούνα (el) f (Aromoúna), Αρωμάνος (el) (Aromános), Αρωμάνα (el) (Aromána), Αρμάνος (el) m (Armános), Αρμάνα (el) f (Armána), Ρεμένος (el) m (Reménos), Ρεμένα (el) f (Reména), Ριμένος (el) m (Riménos), Ριμένα (el) f (Riména), κουτσόβλαχος (el) f (koutsóvlachos), κουτσόβλαχα f (koutsóvlacha), αρβανιτόβλαχος (el) m (arvanitóvlachos), αρβανιτόβλαχα f (arvanitóvlacha), αρβαντόβλαχος (el) m (arvantóvlachos), αρβαντόβλαχα f (arvantóvlacha), Μακεδονοβλάχος m (Makedonovláchos), Μακεδονοβλάχα f (Makedonovlácha), Αρουμάνος (el) m (Aroumános), Αρουμάνα (el) f (Aroumána)
• Polish: Arumun m, Arumunka (pl) f
• Romanian: aromân (ro) m, macedoromân (ro) m, aromâncă (ro) f, macedoromâncă (ro) f, armân (ro) m, armâncă f
• Russian: арумы́н m (arumýn), арумы́нка f (arumýnka), арому́н (ru) m (aromún), арому́нка f (aromúnka)

Proper noun

Aromanian

1. An endangered Eastern Romance language spoken mainly in Greece, but also in Albania, North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and relatively intelligible with Romanian and Megleno-Romanian.

Synonyms

• (language): Arumanian (archaic), Macedo-Romanian, Macedo-Vlach, Vlach

Translations

language

• Albanian: arumanisht, arumanishte (sq) f, arumunisht, gjuha arumune f, gjuha vllahe f, vllahçe (sq), vllahisht (sq), vllahishte (sq) f, gogërisht m (tosk), gogënisht m (gheg)
• Armenian: առումիներեն (aṙumineren)
• Aromanian: limba armãneascã f, limba armãnã f, armãnã f; armãneashti, armãneashte (roa-rup), armãneashci, armãneashce (roa-rup); limba rãmãneascã f, limba rãmãnã f, rrãmãneshti, rãmãneshti
• Catalan: aromanès
• Dutch: Aromaans (nl) n
• Finnish: aromania (fi)
• French: aroumain (fr) m
• German: Aromunisch (de) n, Mazedorumänisch n
• Greek: Βλάχικη γλώσσα f (Vláchiki glóssa), Βλάχικα (el) n (Vláchika), Αρωμουνική γλώσσα f (Aromounikí glóssa), αρωμουνικά (el) n (aromouniká), Αρωμανική γλώσσα f (Aromanikí glóssa) αρωμανικά (el) n (aromaniká), αρμάνικα (el) n (armánika), αρμανικά n (armaniká), ρεμένικα (el) n (reménika), ρεμενικά (el) n (remeniká), ριμένικα (el) n (riménika), Κουτσοβλαχική γλώσσα f (Koutsovlachikí glóssa), κουτσοβλάχικα (el) (koutsovláchika), αρβανιτοβλάχικα (el) n (arvanitovláchika), αρβαντοβλάχικα (el) (arvantovláchika), Μακεδονοβλάχικη γλώσσα (Makedonovláchiki glóssa), μακεδονοβλάχικα (makedonovláchika)
• Hungarian: aromán (hu)
• Irish: Arómáinis f
• Italian: arumeno m, aromuno m
• Portuguese: aromeno m, arromeno (pt) m
• Romanian: limba aromână f, aromână (ro) f, limba macedoromână f, macedoromână (ro) f, limba armână f, armână f, aromânește (ro), macedoromânește, armânește (adverbs)
• Russian: арумы́нский (ru) m (arumýnskij) (язы́к), арому́нский (ru) m (aromúnskij) (язы́к)
• Spanish: arumano m, arrumano (es) m
• Swedish: arumänska (sv)
• Turkish: Ulahça (tr), Arumence, Makedo-Rumence

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Aromanian terms
• Appendix:Aromanian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Aromanian
• Istro-Romanian
• Megleno-Romanian
• Moldavian
• Romanian
• Vlach

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Aromanian, rup ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Megleno-Romanian, ruq ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Istro-Romanian, ruo ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Romanian, ron ⁠
• ISO 639-1 code rup, ISO 639-3 code rup (SIL)