Omani

See also: omani and omaní

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic عُمَان (ʕumān)bor.

English Oman

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)bor.

Hebrew ־י (-i)bor.

Persian ـی (-ī)bor.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *i-

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ikas

Sanskrit -इक (-ika)

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas

Sanskrit -ईय (-īya)

Prakrit -इय (-iya)

Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)influ.

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Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)influ.

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Sanskrit -ई (-ī)influ.

Hindi -ई (-ī)bor.

Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/)

Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)bor.

Urdu ـی (-ī)bor.

English -i

English Omani

From Oman + -i. Compare also Arabic عُمَانِيّ (ʕumāniyy).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊˈmɑ.ni/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Omani (plural Omanis)

1. A person from Oman or of Omani descent.
   • 1997 March 30, Paula Budlong Cronin, “Unexpected Zanzibar”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 6 September 2020:

     Most of the three- and four-story white-washed buildings that we passed were built of pink coraline, which is both plentiful and fractile, and date back centuries to when Omanis and Indians based on Zanzibar dominated the African East Coast trade.

Translations

person from Oman or of Omani descent

• Arabic: عُمَانِيّ m (ʕumāniyy), عُمَانِيَّة f (ʕumāniyya)
• Armenian: օմանցի (ōmancʻi)
• Asturian: omanianu (ast) m, omaniana (ast) f
• Catalan: omanita m or f
• Czech: Ománec (cs) m
• Danish: omaner
• Esperanto: omanano (man or woman), omananino (woman)
• Finnish: omanilainen (fi)
• French: Omanais (fr) m, Omanaise (fr) f
• Galician: omaní m
• German: Omaner (de) m, Omanerin (de) f
• Hindi: ओमानी m or f (omānī)
• Hungarian: ománi (hu)
• Irish: Ómanach m
• Latvian: omānietis m, omāniete f
• Marathi: ओमानी (omānī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: omanar (nn) m

• Polish: Omańczyk (pl) m, Omanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: omanita m or f, omani m or f
• Romanian: omanez m, omaneză f
• Russian: ома́нец (ru) m (ománec), ома́нка (ru) f (ománka)
• Spanish: omaní (es) m
• Swahili: Mwomani (sw)
• Swedish: omanier (sv) c
• Turkish: Ummanlı

Adjective

Omani (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Oman or the Omani people.

   Synonyms: Omanian (uncommon), Omanic (uncommon)

Derived terms

• Omani Empire
• Omaniness

Translations

Of, from, or pertaining to Oman, the Omani people or the Omani language

• Arabic: عُمَانِيّ (ʕumāniyy)
• Armenian: օմանական (ōmanakan)
• Asturian: omanianu (ast)
• Catalan: omanita
• Czech: ománský (cs)
• Finnish: omanilainen (fi)
• French: omanais (fr)
• Galician: omaní
• German: omanisch (de)
• Hindi: ओमानी (omānī)
• Hungarian: ománi (hu)
• Irish: Ómanach
• Italian: omanita
• Latvian: omāniešu
• Marathi: ओमानी (omānī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omansk (no)

  Nynorsk: omansk (nn)

• Polish: omański (pl)
• Portuguese: omanita, omani, omaniano (pt)
• Romanian: omanez
• Russian: ома́нский (ru) (ománskij)
• Spanish: omaní (es)
• Ukrainian: ома́нський (ománsʹkyj)

Anagrams

• amino, Naomi, amnio-, amino-, Oinam, amnio, Miano

Swahili

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ɔˈmɑ.ni/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Omani

1. Oman (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• Mwomani