Romany
pronunciation
How to pronounce Romany in British English:
UK ['rəʊməni]
How to pronounce Romany in American English:
US ['roʊməni]
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- Noun:
- a member of a nomadic people originating in northern India and now living on all continents
- the Indic language of the Gypsies
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture
Word Origin
- Romany (n.)
- "a gypsy; the Gypsy language," 1812, romani, fem. of romano (adj.) "Gypsy," from rom, the Romany word for "man, husband, male, Gypsy" (plural roma), from Sanskrit domba-s ("with initial cerebral d, which confuses with r" [Klein]) "male member of a low caste of musicians."
Example
- 1. They were a romany family .
- 2. The gypsies speak a language called romany which has many common words with indian languages .
- 3. The population of the czech republic is 10.2 million , of whom roughly ninety-five percent are czech , with significant romany , slovak , polish and german minorities .
- 4. Four years ago in olaszliszka , northern hungary , a driver who clipped a romany girl with his car ( she was unhurt ) was dragged from the vehicle by a mob , many of them related to the girl , and beaten to death in front of his daughters .
- 5. What caused the romany good empire to decay ?