- A Gypsy.
- The Indic language of the Gypsies. Also called Gypsy.
Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture.
[Romany romani, feminine of romano, gypsy, from rom, man, from Prakrit ḍoma, man of a low caste, of Dravidian origin.]
Romany
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Rom·a·ny or Rom·a·ni (rŏm'ə-nē, rō'mə-, rä'mə-)  |
| Columbia Encyclopedia: Romany |
Romany (rŏm'ənē, rō'–) , language belonging to the Dardic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Indo-Iranian languages). The mother tongue of the Gypsies, Romany has about 2 million speakers, largely outside India. The Gypsies apparently began migrating from NW India westward before the 9th cent. A.D. and had reached SE Europe before the 14th cent. They now live principally in central and E Europe and in Spain, although there are groups in the Western Hemisphere as well. Romany has three main dialectal groups: Asian, Armenian, and European. In grammar it can be traced back to Sanskrit. It has borrowed considerable vocabulary from the languages of the various peoples among whom its speakers have lived and roamed. There is no important literature in Romany, but some biblical translations into Romany exist, for which both the Roman and Cyrillic alphabets were used.
Bibliography
See J. Sampson, The Dialect of the Gypsies of Wales (1925); R. L. Turner, Position of Romani in Indo-Aryan (1927); J. Kochanowski, Gypsy Studies (1963).
| WordNet: Romani |
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture
Synonyms: Romany, Gypsy
Pertains to noun: Gypsy (meaning #1)
| Translations: Romany |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - romani, sigøjner
adj. - sigøjner-
Nederlands (Dutch)
zigeuner, zigeunertaal, betreffende zigeuners
Français (French)
n. - Tzigane, Romani, (Ling) tzigane
adj. - tzigane
Deutsch (German)
n. - Zigeuner
adj. - Zigeuner-
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τσιγγάνος, τσιγγάνικη γλώσσα
adj. - τσιγγάνικος, τσιγγάνος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - cigano (m)
adj. - gitano
Русский (Russian)
цыган, цыганский
Español (Spanish)
n. - gitano, lengua de los gitanos, caló
adj. - gitano
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - zigenare, romani
adj. - zigenar-, zigensk
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
吉卜赛, 吉卜赛语, 吉卜赛的, 吉卜赛语的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 吉卜賽, 吉卜賽語
adj. - 吉卜賽的, 吉卜賽語的
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 집시 , 집시족, 로마니 말
adj. - 로마니 말의
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ジプシーの
n. - ジプシー, ジプシー語
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) الغجري (صفه) لغه الغجر, غجري
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - צועני, צוענית (שפה)
adj. - של הצוענים או שפתם
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