Romani

//ˈɹɑ.mə.ni// adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the Roma, a nomadic people with origins in India.

    "The Romani have long been discriminated against."

  2. 2
    a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America) wordnet
  3. 3
    A member of a people originating in Pakistan or Northwest India and traditionally having an itinerant way of life, living widely dispersed across Europe and North and South America and speaking a language that is related to Hindi.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or belonging to the Roma people. not-comparable

    "Every year the local Romani population, still called “gypsies” by many, lit harvest fires."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the Romani or their language or culture wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 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.
  2. 2
    A surname

Synonyms

All synonyms
bohemiangypsyromagipsygypsyrom

Example

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"The government can carry out exterminations, such as what has come to be called the Holocaust, which included Jews, homosexuals, Romani, and the mentally and physically disabled."

Etymology

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, Roman or Rome.

Etymology 2

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

Related phrases

indo aryan

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