Roma · proper noun, noun, adjective1
- Sanskrit · derived fromडमरु“drum”
- Sanskrit · derived fromडोम्ब“lower-caste person working as a wandering musician”
- Romani · borrowed fromroma
- English todayRoma
Borrowed from Romani roma, plural of rom (“man, husband, Romani man”). The latter probably comes from Sanskrit डोम्ब (ḍomba, “lower-caste person working as a wandering musician”), from Sanskrit डमरु (ḍamaru, “drum”), which may have been borrowed from a Dravidian language. Folk etymology pointed to a legend that the ethnic group were an exiled people from Roman Imperial times. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information.
Roma · proper noun, noun2
- Italian · borrowed fromRoma“Rome”
- English todayRoma
From Latin and Italian Roma (“Rome”). Doublet of Rome and Rum.
Roma · proper noun3
Compare Indonesian Bahasa Romang (“Roma language”).
Words from the same roots
Sanskritडमरु all →
damaru
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.