Meanings
Romani1
plural Romanis · alternative Rommany · alternative Romany · alternative Romanese · alternative Rromani
alternative Rommany · alternative Romany · alternative Romanese · alternative Rromani
- 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.
alternative Rommany · alternative Romany · alternative Romanese · alternative Rromani
- not comparableOf or belonging to the Roma people or their language.
Every year the local Romani population, still called “gypsies” by many, lit harvest fires.
2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 158
Romani2
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA member of the Roma, a nomadic people originating in modern-day Pakistan or Northwest India and traditionally having an itinerant way of life, living widely dispersed across Europe and speaking a language that is related to Hindi.
proper nounThe Indo-Aryan lect of the Roma people, or one of its sublects (such as Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc), closely related to Hindi and Rajasthani.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to the Romani or their language or culture
nouna 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)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Romani · noun, proper noun, adjective
- Romaniromani
- EnglishRomani
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.
More words from Romani
Full word history & related roots →Romani · proper noun
- ItalianRomani
- EnglishRomani
In some cases, derived from Italian Romani, Romano, or cognates thereof.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ци́гански, Цигански език
- ци́гански (cíganski)language
- Цигански език (Ciganski ezik)language
- ро́мски (rómski)of or belonging to the Roma people
Catalan romaní, romaní
- romanílanguage
- romaníof or belonging to the Roma people
Chinese Mandarin 羅姆語 /罗姆语
- 羅姆語 /罗姆语 (Luómǔ yǔ)language
Czech romština, cikánština
- romštinalanguage
- cikánštinalanguage
- romskýof or belonging to the Roma people
- cikánskýof or belonging to the Roma people
Danish romani
- romanilanguage
Dutch Romanes
- Romaneslanguage
Esperanto cigana, la cigana lingvo
- ciganalanguage
- la cigana lingvolanguage
Finnish romani
- romanilanguage
French romani, tsigane
- romanilanguage
- tsiganelanguage
German Roma-Sprache, Romani
- Roma-Sprachelanguage
- Romanilanguage
- Romaneslanguage
- Zigeunersprachelanguage
- zigeunerischof or belonging to the Roma people
Greek Ρομανί γλώσσα
- Ρομανί γλώσσα (Romaní glóssa)language
Hindi रोमानी भाषा
- रोमानी भाषा (romānī bhāṣā)language
Hungarian cigány
- cigánylanguage
Irish Roimis, Romainis
- Roimislanguage
- Romainislanguage
Japanese ロマ語, ロマニー語
- ロマ語 (Roma-go)language
- ロマニー語 (Romanī-go)language
Korean 롬어
- 롬어 (Rom-eo)language
Lithuanian čigonų kalba, čigoniškas
- čigonų kalbalanguage
- čigoniškasof or belonging to the Roma people
Polish romani, język romski
- romanilanguage
- język romskilanguage
- język cygańskilanguage
- cygańskiof or belonging to the Roma people
- romskiof or belonging to the Roma people
Portuguese români, romani
- românilanguage
- romanilanguage
- romof or belonging to the Roma people
- ciganoof or belonging to the Roma people
- ciganaof or belonging to the Roma people
Romanian limba țigănească
- limba țigăneascălanguage
Russian цыга́нский язы́к, цыга́нский
- цыга́нский язы́к (cygánskij jazýk)language
- цыга́нский (cygánskij)language
- рома́ (romá)language
- рома́ни (románi)language
- цыга́нский (cygánskij)of or belonging to the Roma people
Spanish romaní, caló
- romanílanguage
- calólanguage
Swedish romani, romsk
- romanilanguage
- romskof or belonging to the Roma people
- zigenskof or belonging to the Roma people
Tamil ரோமானி
- ரோமானி (rōmāṉi)language
Turkish Çingenece
- Çingenecelanguage
Ukrainian Циганська мова
- Циганська мова (Cyhansʹka mova)language
Yiddish ראָמאַני, ציגײַנערש
- ראָמאַני (romani)language
- ציגײַנערש (tsigaynersh)of or belonging to the Roma people
- ציגײַניש (tsigaynish)of or belonging to the Roma people
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Cite this entry
Romani. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Romani
“Romani.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Romani. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Romani,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Romani.
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