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.

Not related to Romanian.

Alternative forms

• Rommany (for the noun)
• Romany
• Romanese
• Rromani

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒ.mə.ni/, /ˈɹɒm.ni/, /ˈɹəʊ.mə.ni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑ.mə.ni/, /ˈɹoʊ.mə.ni/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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.

Synonyms

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

Hyponyms

• Roma (strict sense), Romanichal, Sinto

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, Romanes

Meronyms

• Balkan Romani
• Kalo Finnish Romani
• Sinte Romani
• Vlax Romani

Related terms

• Angloromani
• Balkan Romani
• Kalo Finnish Romani
• Para-Romani
• Romani studies
• Scandoromani
• Sinte Romani
• Vlax Romani

Translations

language

• Armenian: գնչուերեն (hy) (gnčʻueren)
• Azerbaijani: Qaraçı dili
• Belarusian: Цыганская мова (Cyhanskaja móva)
• Bulgarian: ци́гански m (cíganski), Цигански език (Ciganski ezik)
• Caló: chipicallí f
• Catalan: romaní (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅姆語 / 罗姆语 (zh) (Luómǔ yǔ)

• Czech: romština (cs) f; cikánština (cs) f
• Danish: romani n
• Dutch: Romanes (nl) n
• Esperanto: cigana; la cigana lingvo
• Finnish: romani (fi)
• French: romani (fr) m; tsigane (fr) m or f
• Georgian: აწინკნური (ac̣inḳnuri), აწინკნური ენა (ac̣inḳnuri ena)
• German: Roma-Sprache f, Romani (de) n, Romanes (de) n, Zigeunersprache (de) f
• Greek: Ρομανί γλώσσα (Romaní glóssa)
• 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)
• Lithuanian: čigonų kalba f
• Macedonian: ро́мски m (rómski), Ромски јазик (Romski jazik)
• 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
• 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 (sh) m; ciganski (sh) m

• Spanish: romaní (es) m; caló (es) m (Spanish Romani)
• Swedish: romani (sv)
• Tamil: ரோமானி (rōmāṉi)
• Turkish: Çingenece (tr)
• Ukrainian: Циганська мова (Cyhansʹka mova)
• Yiddish: ראָמאַני n (romani)

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

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)
• German: zigeunerisch
• Lithuanian: čigoniškas
• Macedonian: ро́мски (rómski)
• Portuguese: rom (pt) m or f; cigano (pt) m, cigana f
• 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
• ISO 639-3 code rom (SIL)

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

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

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

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

1. Romani (language)

   Synonyms: Zigeunersprache, Romanes

Derived terms

• Angloromani
• Skandoromani

Italian

Noun

Romani m

1. plural of Romano

See also

• Rom
• romani
• romano

Anagrams

• Marino, Mirano, Morani, armino, armoni, marino, marinò, maroni, mirano, normai, ramino, rimano, rinoma

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