Romani
English
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): /ˈɹɒ.mə.ni/, /ˈɹɒm.ni/, /ˈɹəʊ.mə.ni/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑ.mə.ni/, /ˈɹoʊ.mə.ni/
- (nonstandard, technical) IPA(key): /ɹəˈmɑː.ni/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: (UK) -ɒməni, (nonstandard, technical) -ɑːni
Noun
Hyponyms
- Roma (strict sense), Romanichal, Sinto
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.
Related terms
Translations
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Translations
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
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “Romani”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
- Romani - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition
- ISO 639-3 code rom (SIL)
Italian
Latin
Adjective
Rōmānī
- inflection of Rōmānus:
- genitive/locative masculine/neuter singular
- nominative/vocative masculine plural
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