Romani Definition
rämənē, rōmənē
romanies, romanis, romany
noun
A member of a people that arrived in Europe in migrations from northern India around the 14th century, now also living in the Americas and Australia. Many Romani groups have preserved elements of their traditional culture, including an itinerant existence and the Romani language.
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Webster's New World
The Indic language of the Romani.
American Heritage
The Indo-Aryan language of the Gypsies, which occurs with dialectal variations in each of the countries where they live.
Webster's New World
A member of the Roma people.
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adjective
Of the Gypsies or their language or culture.
Webster's New World
Of or belonging to the Roma people.
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pronoun
A nomadic people with origins in India, the Roma.
The Romani have long been discriminated against.
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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.
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Origin of Romani
Romani romani feminine of romano from rom man from Prakrit ḍoma man of a low caste of Dravidian origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Romani romani, feminine form of romano (“of or pertaining to the Roma"), from rom (“man"). See also Roma.
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