Aromanian

English

Noun

Aromanian (plural Aromanians)

1. a member of the people living throughout the southern Balkans, especially in northern Greece, Albania, Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria; they are a subgroup of Vlachs

Usage notes

Do not confuse with Armenians, an unrelated people.

Synonyms

• (people): Armini

Translations

person

• Aromanian: armãn m, vlah m
• French: Aroumain
• Greek: Αρμάνος (el) m (Armános), Βλάχος (el) m (Vláchos)

• Romanian: aromân (ro) m, macedoromân (ro) m, aromâncă (ro) 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, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Romania, and relatively intelligible with Romanian and Megleno-Romanian.

Synonyms

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

Translations

language

• Armenian: առումիներեն (aṙumineren)
• Aromanian: limba armãneascã f, armãnã f, limba armãnã f, armãneashti, armâneashti (roa-rup), armãneashce (roa-rup), vlãheashti
• Dutch: Aromaans (nl) n
• French: aroumain (fr) m
• German: Aromunisch (de)
• Greek: Βλάχικη γλώσσα (Vláchiki glóssa), Βλάχικα (Vláchika)
• Hungarian: aromán (hu)
• Irish: Arómáinis f

• Italian: arumeno m, aromuno m
• Portuguese: aromeno (pt) m, arromeno m
• Romanian: limba aromână f
• Russian: арумы́нский (ru) m (arumýnskij) (язы́к), арому́нский (ru) m (aromúnskij) (язы́к)
• Spanish: arumano m, arrumano m
• Swedish: arumänska (sv)
• Turkish: Ulahça (tr)

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