Romani

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Etymology 1 edit

From Romani romani, feminine form of romano (“of or pertaining to the Roma”), from rom (“man”). See also Roma.^[1]

Not related to Romanian.

Alternative forms edit

Rommany (for the noun)
Romany
Romanese
Rromani

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒ.mə.ni/, /ˈɹɒm.ni/, /ˈɹəʊ.mə.ni/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑ.mə.ni/, /ˈɹoʊ.mə.ni/

Audio (Southern England) (file)

Rhymes: (UK) -ɒməni, (nonstandard, technical) -ɑːni

Noun edit

Romani (plural Romani or Romanis)

A member of the Roma, a nomadic people with origins in India.
The Romani have long been discriminated against.

Synonyms edit

Rom, Roma (broad sense)
Bohemian
Gypsy, gypsy (sometimes offensive)

Hyponyms edit

Roma (strict sense), Romanichal, Sinto

Translations edit

member of the Roma people — see Rom

nomadic people — see Roma

Proper noun edit

Romani

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.

Synonyms edit

Gypsy
Rom, Romanes

Meronyms edit

Related terms edit

Translations edit

language

Armenian: գնչուերեն (hy) (gnčʻueren)
Azerbaijani: Qaraçı dili
Belarusian: Цыганская мова (Cyhanskaja móva)
Bulgarian: ци́гански m (cíganski), Цигански език (Ciganski ezik)
Caló: chipicallí f
Catalan: romaní (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅姆語／罗姆语 (zh) (Luómǔ yǔ)
Czech: romština (cs) f; cikánština (cs) f
Danish: romani n
Dutch: Romanes (nl) n
Esperanto: cigana; la cigana lingvo
Finnish: romani (fi)
French: romani (fr) m; tsigane (fr) m or f
Georgian: აწინკნური (ac̣inḳnuri), აწინკნური ენა (ac̣inḳnuri ena)
German: Roma-Sprache f, Romani (de) n, Romanes (de) n, Zigeunersprache (de) f
Greek: Ρομανί γλώσσα (Romaní glóssa)
Hindi: रोमानी भाषा f (romānī bhāṣā)
Hungarian: cigány (hu)
Japanese: ロマ語 (ja) (Roma-go), ロマニー語 (Romanī-go)
Korean: 롬어 (Rom-eo)
Lithuanian: čigonų kalba f
Macedonian: ро́мски m (rómski), Ромски јазик (Romski jazik)
Marathi: रोमानी f (romānī)
Polish: romani n, język romski m; język cygański m
Portuguese: români (pt) m, romani (pt) m
Romani: rromani ćhib f
Romanian: limba țigănească f
Russian: цыга́нский язы́к (ru) m (cygánskij jazýk), цыга́нский (ru) m (cygánskij); рома́ (ru) m (romá), рома́ни m (románi)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ромски m; цигански m

Roman: romski (sh) m; ciganski (sh) m
Spanish: romaní (es) m; caló (es) m (Spanish Romani)
Swedish: romani (sv)
Tamil: ரோமானி (rōmāṉi)
Turkish: Çingenece (tr)
Ukrainian: Циганська мова (Cyhansʹka mova)
Yiddish: ראָמאַני n (romani)

Adjective edit

Romani (not comparable)

Of or belonging to the Roma people.

Translations edit

of or belonging to the Roma people

Armenian: գնչուական (hy) (gnčʻuakan)
Bulgarian: ро́мски (rómski)
Caló: caló, pindoró (Hungarian Romani)
Catalan: romaní (ca) m or f
Czech: romský (cs); cikánský (cs)
German: zigeunerisch
Lithuanian: čigoniškas
Macedonian: ро́мски (rómski)
Portuguese: rom (pt) m or f; cigano (pt) m, cigana f
Romani: rromano
Russian: цыга́нский (ru) (cygánskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ромски m; цигански m

Roman: romski (sh) m; ciganski (sh) m
Swedish: romsk (sv); zigensk (sv)
Yiddish: ציגײַנערש (tsigaynersh), ציגײַניש (tsigaynish)

References edit

^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Romani”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.