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Romani
Romani
English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Romani
- A nomadic people with origins in India, the Roma.
- The Romani have long been discriminated against.
- 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
nomadic people — see Roma
language
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Noun
Romani (plural Romanies)
- A member of the Roma people.
Synonyms
Translations
member of the Roma people — see Rom
Adjective
Romani (not comparable)
- Of or belonging to the Roma people.
Translations
of or belonging to the Roma people
See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Romani terms
- Appendix:Romani Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Romani
- Domari
References
Anagrams
romani
romani
Danish
Noun
romani n
- Romani (the Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani people)
Synonyms
- sigøjnersprog
See also
Noun
romani c (singular definite romanien, plural indefinite romanier)
Inflection
Inflection of romani
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | romani | romanien | romanier | romanierne |
genitive | romanis | romaniens | romaniers | romaniernes |
Synonyms
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
romani
Declension
Inflection of romani (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | romani | romanit | |
genitive | romanin | romanien romaneiden romaneitten |
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partitive | romania | romaneita romaneja |
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illative | romaniin | romaneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | romani | romanit | |
accusative | nom. | romani | romanit |
gen. | romanin | ||
genitive | romanin | romanien romaneiden romaneitten |
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partitive | romania | romaneita romaneja |
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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”).
Synonyms
- (person): manne, mustalainen, mustilainen, kaale, haimies, nokikeppi, pikitien paikka, savuliha, tumma,emäskoinari
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
rōmānī
- nominative masculine plural of rōmānus
- genitive masculine singular of rōmānus
- genitive neuter singular of rōmānus
- vocative masculine plural of rōmānus
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Noun
romani m f (plural romanis)
Noun
romani m (uncountable)
- Romani (language)
Adjective
romani (plural romani, comparable)
- relating to the Romani people
Swedish
Noun
romani c
- 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