Romani

See also: romani, români, and romaní

English

Etymology 1

From Romani romani, feminine form of romano (of or pertaining to the Roma), from rom (man). See also Roma.[1]

Not related to Romanian.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒ.mə.ni/, /ˈɹɒm.ni/, /ˈɹəʊ.mə.ni/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑ.mə.ni/, /ˈɹoʊ.mə.ni/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: (UK) -ɒməni, (nonstandard, technical) -ɑːni

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.
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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.
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Adjective

Romani (not comparable)

  1. Of or belonging to the Roma people.
    • 2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 158:
      Every year the local Romani population, still called “gypsies” by many, lit harvest fires.
Translations

See also

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

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Romani”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

Etymology 2

In some cases, derived from Italian Romani, Romano, or cognates thereof.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹəˈmɑːni/, /ɹoʊˈmɑːni/

Proper noun

Romani

  1. A surname

Anagrams

Cornish

Baner Romani.
Romani yn an Unyans Europek.

Etymology

From English Romania, from Romanian român (Romanian).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Romani f

  1. Romania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • Romanian m (Romanian)
  • Romanianes f (Romanian)
  • Romaniek (Romanian language)
  • romaniek (Romanian, adjective)

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Romani n (proper noun, strong, genitive Romani or Romanis)

  1. Romani (language)
    Synonyms: Zigeunersprache, Romanes

Derived terms

Italian

Noun

Romani m

  1. plural of Romano

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Anagrams

Latin

Proper noun

Rōmānī m pl (genitive Rōmānōrum); second declension

  1. the Romans, Roman citizens

Usage notes

While Romani can be used universally but has a stronger connotation on the political, warlike and later imperialistic qualities of Roman citizenship, Quirītēs is used addressing the Roman people when stressing its civil capacity and legal powers.

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Rōmānī
genitive Rōmānōrum
dative Rōmānīs
accusative Rōmānōs
ablative Rōmānīs
vocative Rōmānī

Proper noun

Rōmānī

  1. inflection of Rōmānus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular

Adjective

Rōmānī

  1. inflection of Rōmānus:
    1. genitive/locative masculine/neuter singular
    2. nominative/vocative masculine plural