Romani

See also: romani, români, and romaní

English

Alternative forms

• Romany
• Romanese

Etymology

From Romani romani, feminine form of romano (“of or pertaining to the Roma”), from rom (“man”). See also Roma.

Not related to Romanian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹo.mə.ni/
• IPA^(key): /ɹoˈmɑ.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.

Synonyms

• Rom, Roma (broad sense)
• (offensive) Gypsy, gypsy

Hyponyms

• Roma (strict sense), Romanichal, Sinti

Translations

member of the Roma people — see Rom

nomadic people — see Roma

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.

Synonyms

• Gypsy
• Rom

Translations

language

• Armenian: գնչուերեն (hy) (gnčʻueren)
• Bulgarian: ци́гански m (cíganski)
• Caló: chipicallí f
• Catalan: romaní (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅姆語／罗姆语 (zh), 罗姆语 (Luómǔ yǔ)

• Czech: romština (cs) f; cikánština (cs) f
• Danish: romani n
• Esperanto: cigana; la (eo) cigana lingvo (eo)
• Finnish: romani (fi)
• French: romani (fr) m; tsigane (fr) m or f
• German: Roma-Sprache f, Romani (de) n, Zigeunersprache (de) f
• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: čigonų kalba f
• Macedonian: ро́мски m (rómski)
• 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; 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 m; ciganski m

• Spanish: romaní (es) m; caló (es) m (Spanish Romani)
• Swedish: romani (sv)
• Turkish: Çingenece
• Yiddish: ראָמאַני n (romani)

Adjective

Romani (not comparable)

1. Of or belonging to the Roma people.

Translations

of or belonging to the Roma people

• Armenian: գնչուական (hy) (gnčʻuakan)
• Bulgarian: ро́мски (rómski)
• Caló: caló, pindoró (Hungarian Romani)
• Catalan: romaní (ca) m or f
• Czech: romský (cs); cikánský (cs)
• Lithuanian: čigoniškas
• Macedonian: ро́мски (rómski)
• Portuguese: rom (pt) m or f; cigano (pt) m, cigana f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romani: rromano
• Russian: цыга́нский (ru) (cygánskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ромски m; цигански m

  Roman: romski (sh) m; ciganski (sh) m

• Swedish: romsk (sv); zigensk (sv)
• Yiddish: ציגײַנערש (tsigaynersh), ציגײַניש (tsigaynish)

See also

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

Further reading

• Romani - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition

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• Ethnologue entry for Balkan Romani, rmn ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Baltic Romani, rml ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Carpathian Romani, rmc ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Kalo Romani, rmf ⁠

• Ethnologue entry for Sinte Romani, rmo ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Vlax Romani, rmy ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Welsh Romani, rmw ⁠

Anagrams

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

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German

Proper noun

Romani n

1. Romani (language)

Synonyms

• Zigeunersprache

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Italian

Noun

Romani m

1. plural of Romano

See also

• Rom
• romani
• romano

Anagrams

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

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Latin

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) Rōmānī

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