Romani

Noun CEFR B1

ˈɹɒ.mə.ni

Definitions

A member of the Roma, a nomadic people with origins in India.
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.
A surname
A member of a people originating in Pakistan or Northwest India and traditionally having an itinerant way of life, living widely dispersed across Europe and North and South America and speaking a language that is related to Hindi.

Equivalents

Españolcaló romaní

Françaisromani tsigane

DeutschRom Roma-Sprache RomanesRomani zigeunerisch Zigeunersprache

24 more languages

العربيةروماني

BosanskiRom romski ромски

Catalàromaní

Češtinacikánský cikánština romskýromština

Esperantocigana

Suomimustalaiskieli romani romanikieli

Gaeilgeroimis Rómáinis

HrvatskiRom romski ромски

Հայերենգնչուական գնչուերեն

Italianoromani

日本語ロマニー語ロマ語

한국어롬어

KurdîRom romanî

Македонскиромски

NederlandsRomanes

Polskicygański Rom romaniromski

Portuguêscigana cigano romromani

Русскийро́ма рома́ни цыганскийцыга́нский язы́к

Shqipgabel

СрпскиRom romski ромски

Svenskaromani romsk zigensk

TürkçeÇingenece

Examples

“The Romani have ⟳ long been discriminated against.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

Romani studies Romania Romanian Romanian Carpathian Shepherd Romanian deadlift Romanian Moldavia

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