# Romani
## 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: /ˈɹɒ.mə.ni/, /ˈɹɒm.ni/, /ˈɹəʊ.mə.ni/
* (US) IPA: /ˈɹɑ.mə.ni/, /ˈɹoʊ.mə.ni/
   * Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: (UK) -ɒməni, (nonstandard, technical) -ɑːni

#### Noun

Romani (plural Romani or Romanis)
* 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
#### Proper noun

Romani
* 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
#### Adjective

Romani (not comparable)
* 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
#### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Romani terms
* Appendix:Romani Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Romani
* Domari

#### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Romani”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

#### 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: /ɹəˈmɑːni/, /ɹoʊˈmɑːni/

#### Proper noun

Romani
* A surname

### Anagrams

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

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Romani n (proper noun, strong, genitive Romani or Romanis)
* Romani (language)
    Synonyms: Zigeunersprache, Romanes

#### Derived terms

* Angloromani
* Skandoromani

## Italian
### Noun

Romani m
* 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
* 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.

### Proper noun

Rōmānī
* inflection of Rōmānus:
** nominative/vocative plural
** genitive singular

### Adjective

Rōmānī
* inflection of Rōmānus:
** genitive/locative masculine/neuter singular
** nominative/vocative masculine plural