Romani

Alternative forms

• Romany

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): /ˈɹəʊ.mə.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.

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.

Adjective

Romani (not comparable)

1. 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

Further reading

• Romani - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition
• ISO 639-3 code rom (SIL)

Anagrams

• A minor, A-minor, Mainor, Marion, Morian, Romina, in mora, inamor, mainor, manoir, roamin'

Proper noun

Romani n

1. Romani (language)

Synonyms

• Zigeunersprache

Noun

Romani m

1. plural of Romano

See also

• Rom
• romani
• romano

Anagrams

• armino, armoni, marino, marinò, mirano, normai, ramino, rimano, rinoma

Noun

Rōmānī

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