Romani

See also: romani, români, and romaní

English

Alternative forms

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)

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

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Proper noun

Romani

  1. 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.

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Adjective

Romani (not comparable)

  1. Of or belonging to the Roma people.

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See also

  • Wiktionary's coverage of Romani terms
  • Appendix:Romani Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Romani
  • Domari

References

  1. Romani” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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German

Proper noun

Romani n

  1. Romani (language)

Synonyms

  • Zigeunersprache

Italian

Noun

Romani m

  1. plural of Romano

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Latin

Noun

Rōmānī

  1. nominative plural of Rōmānus
  2. genitive singular of Rōmānus
  3. vocative plural of Rōmānus
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