Romani
English
Alternative forms
- Romany
- Romanese
Etymology
From Romani romani, feminine form of romano (“of or pertaining to the Roma”), from rom (“man”). See also Roma.[1]
Not related to Romanian.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹo.mə.ni/
- (nonstandard, technical) IPA(key): /ɹoˈmɑ.ni/
Noun
Romani (plural Romani or Romanis)
Hyponyms
- Roma (strict sense), Romanichal, Sinti
Proper noun
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.
Translations
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Translations
of or belonging to the Roma people
See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Romani terms
- Appendix:Romani Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Romani
- Domari
References
- “Romani” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Further reading
- Romani - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition
- ISO 639-3 code rom (SIL)
Italian
Latin
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