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English
Etymology 1
From Romani romani, feminine form of romano (“of or pertaining to the Roma”), from rom (“man”). See also Roma.
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/
Noun
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
Hyponyms
Translations
member of the Roma people
— see Rom
nomadic people
— see Roma
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.
Synonyms
Meronyms
Translations
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)
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Adjective
Romani (not comparable)
- Of or belonging to the Roma people.
Translations
of or belonging to the Roma people
See also
References
Further reading
Etymology 2
In some cases, derived from Italian Romani, Romano, or cognates thereof.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹəˈmɑːni/, /ɹoʊˈmɑːni/
Proper noun
Romani
- A surname
Anagrams
- A minor, A-minor, Mainor, Marion, Morian, Romina, in mora, inamor, mainor, manoir, roamin'
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Romani n (proper noun, strong, genitive Romani or Romanis)
- Romani (language)
- Synonyms: Zigeunersprache, Romanes
Derived terms
Italian
Noun
Romani m
- plural of Romano
See also
Anagrams
- Marino, Mirano, Morani, armino, armoni, marino, marinò, maroni, mirano, normai, ramino, rimano, rinoma
Latin
Proper noun
Rōmānī
- inflection of Rōmānus:
- nominative/vocative plural
- genitive singular
Adjective
Rōmānī
- inflection of Rōmānus:
- genitive/locative masculine/neuter singular
- nominative/vocative masculine plural