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Romani

Romani

See also: romani, români, and romaní

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Romani

  1. A nomadic people with origins in India, the Roma.
    The Romani have long been discriminated against.
  2. 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.

Translations

Noun

Romani (plural Romanies)

  1. A member of the Roma people.

Synonyms

Translations

Adjective

Romani (not comparable)

  1. Of or belonging to the Roma people.

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. Romani” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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German

Proper noun

Romani n

  1. Romani (language)

Synonyms

  • Zigeunersprache

Italian

Noun

Romani m

  1. plural of Romano

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Latin

Noun

Rōmānī

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

romani

romani

See also: Romani, români, and romaní

Danish

Noun

romani n

  1. Romani (the Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani people)

Synonyms

  • sigøjnersprog

See also

Noun

romani c (singular definite romanien, plural indefinite romanier)

  1. Romani (a member of the Romani people)
  2. Rom (a member of the Romani people)

Inflection

Synonyms


Finnish

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ro‧ma‧ni
  • Rhymes: -omɑni
  • Homophones: romaani
  • IPA(key): [ˈromɑni], [ˈromɑːni]

Noun

romani

  1. a Rom, a Romani (a person, a member of the Roma community or descendant thereof)
  2. Romani (language)

Declension

Inflection of romani (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative romani romanit
genitive romanin romanien
romaneiden
romaneitten
partitive romania romaneita
romaneja
illative romaniin romaneihin
singular plural
nominative romani romanit
accusative nom. romani romanit
gen. romanin
genitive romanin romanien
romaneiden
romaneitten
partitive romania romaneita
romaneja
inessive romanissa romaneissa
elative romanista romaneista
illative romaniin romaneihin
adessive romanilla romaneilla
ablative romanilta romaneilta
allative romanille romaneille
essive romanina romaneina
translative romaniksi romaneiksi
instructive romanein
abessive romanitta romaneitta
comitative romaneineen

Usage notes

This is the term used in official language. However, as it is usually pronounced with long A, it is homophonic with romaani (novel).

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Italian

Noun

romani m

  1. plural of romano

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Latin

Adjective

rōmānī

  1. nominative masculine plural of rōmānus
  2. genitive masculine singular of rōmānus
  3. genitive neuter singular of rōmānus
  4. vocative masculine plural of rōmānus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

romani m f (plural romanis)

  1. Rom, Romani

Noun

romani m (uncountable)

  1. Romani (language)

Adjective

romani (plural romani, comparable)

  1. relating to the Romani people

Swedish

Noun

romani c

  1. Romani (the language of the Romani people)


This Swedish entry was created from the translations listed at Romany. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see romani in the Swedish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) January 2009