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Romani
//ˈɹɑ.mə.ni// adj, name, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 of or relating to the Romani or their language or culture wordnet
Proper Noun
- 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 A surname
Noun
- 1 A member of the Roma, a nomadic people with origins in India.
"The Romani have long been discriminated against."
- 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 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.
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
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 3
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 4
In some cases, derived from Italian Romani, Romano, or cognates thereof.
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