Aromanian

English

Etymology

From Romanian aromân; itself from armân. Ultimately from Aromanian armãn.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æɹəʊˈmeɪnɪən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æɹoʊˈmeɪniən/

Noun

Aromanian (plural Aromanians)

1. A member of the people living throughout the southern Balkans, especially in northern Greece, southern and central Albania, parts of North Macedonia, southwestern Bulgaria and Serbia; they are a subgroup of Vlachs.
   • Hypernym: Vlach

Usage notes

Do not confuse with Armenians, an unrelated people.

Synonyms

• (people): Armini

Translations

person

• Albanian: arumun (sq) m, arumune f vllah (sq) m, vllahe (sq) f, rëmër m, rëmen m, maqedorumun m, maqedorumune f, gogë m, gogeshë f
• Aromanian: armãn m, armãnã f, arãmãn m, arãmãnã f, rãmãn m, rãmãnã f, rrãmãn m, rrãmãnã f, rãmen m, rãmene f, rrãmen m, rrãmene f, vlah m, vlahã f
• Catalan: aromanès m, aromanesa f
• Finnish: aromanialainen
• French: Aroumain

• Greek: Αρμάνος (el) m (Armános), Αρμάνα (el) f (Armána), Βλάχος (el) m (Vláchos), Βλάχα (el) f (Vlácha), Ρεμένος (el) m (Reménos), Ρεμένα (el) f (Reména), Ριμένος (el) m (Riménos), Ριμένα (el) f (Riména), Αρωμούνος (el) m (Aromoúnos), Αρωμούνα f (Aromoúna) Αρωμάνος (el) (Aromános), Αρωμάνα (Aromána), Αρουμάνος (el) m (Aroumános), Αρουμάνα f (Aroumána), αρβανιτόβλαχος (el) m (arvanitóvlachos), αρβανιτόβλαχα f (arvanitóvlacha), αρβαντόβλαχος (el) m (arvantóvlachos), Μακεδονοβλάχος m (Makedonovláchos), Μακεδονοβλάχα f (Makedonovlácha), Μακεδοναρμάνος m (Makedonarmános), Μακεδοναρμάνα f (Makedonarmána), κουτσόβλαχος (el) f (koutsóvlachos), κουτσόβλαχα f (koutsóvlacha)
• Polish: Arumun m, Arumunka (pl) f
• Romanian: aromân (ro) m, macedoromân (ro) m, aromâncă (ro) f, macedoromâncă (ro) f, armân (ro) m, armâncă f
• Russian: арумы́н m (arumýn), арумы́нка f (arumýnka), арому́н (ru) m (aromún), арому́нка f (aromúnka)

Proper noun

Aromanian

1. An endangered Eastern Romance language spoken mainly in Greece, but also in Albania, North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and relatively intelligible with Romanian and Megleno-Romanian.

Synonyms

• (language): Arumanian (archaic), Macedo-Romanian, Vlach

Translations

language

• Albanian: arumanisht, arumanishte (sq) f, arumunisht, gjuha arumune f, gjuha vllahe f, vllahçe (sq), vllahisht (sq), vllahishte (sq) f, gogërisht m (tosk), gogënisht m (gheg)
• Armenian: առումիներեն (aṙumineren)
• Aromanian: limba armãneascã f, armãnã f, limba armãnã f; armâneashti (roa-rup), armãneashti, armãneashte (roa-rup), armãneashci, armãneashce (roa-rup), rrãmãneshti, rãmãneshti, limba rrãmãniascã
• Catalan: aromanès
• Dutch: Aromaans (nl) n
• Finnish: aromania (fi)
• French: aroumain (fr) m
• German: Aromunisch (de) n, Mazedorumänisch n
• Greek: Βλάχικη γλώσσα f (Vláchiki glóssa), Βλάχικα (el) n (Vláchika), αρμάνικα (el) n (armánika), ρεμένικα (el) n (reménika), ριμένικα (el) n (riménika), αρωμουνικά (el) n (aromouniká), Αρωμουνική γλώσσα f (Aromounikí glóssa), αρωμανικά (el) n (aromaniká), αρβανιτοβλάχικα (el) n (arvanitovláchika), αρβαντοβλάχικα (el) (arvantovláchika), Μακεδονοβλάχικη γλώσσα (Makedonovláchiki glóssa), μακεδονοβλάχικα (makedonovláchika), Κουτσοβλαχική γλώσσα f (Koutsovlachikí glóssa), κουτσοβλάχικα (el) (koutsovláchika)

• Hungarian: aromán (hu)
• Irish: Arómáinis f
• Italian: arumeno m, aromuno m
• Portuguese: aromeno m, arromeno (pt) m
• Romanian: limba aromână f, aromână (ro) f, limba macedoromână f, macedoromână (ro) f, limba armână f, armână f
• Russian: арумы́нский (ru) m (arumýnskij) (язы́к), арому́нский (ru) m (aromúnskij) (язы́к)
• Spanish: arumano (es) m, arrumano m
• Swedish: arumänska (sv)
• Turkish: Ulahça (tr), Arumence, Makedo-Rumence

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Aromanian terms
• Appendix:Aromanian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Aromanian

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Aromanian, rup