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nounRomani, Romanies
1A member of a people originating in South Asia 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.
‘the Romani remained an oppressed group’- ‘he is a Romany on his mother's side’
- ‘We do not consider these people to be gypsies or traditional Romanies.’
- ‘True gypsies, or Romanies, were perceived and defined as a separate nomadic people possessing their own language, customs, and beliefs.’
- ‘It's a shame if these people give Romanies and the genuine traveller a bad name.’
- ‘At a previous gathering, I met some Romanies in Denmark.’
- ‘To the rest of you non-Gypsies out there, I hope this book will interest you in the Rom enough to seek out some more factual books on them - particularly books written by Romanies, rather than just about them.’
- ‘The Romanies, an extended family consisting of grandparents, their daughter, and her family, have lived in north Wiltshire for more than 50 years.’
- ‘A family of gipsies living on land they own in Wickford have won their battle to stay there permanently after judges ruled they were real Romanies whose nomadic lifestyle has been restricted.’
- ‘The Romanies have a history of well over a thousand years, it's an old culture and to me they're very special people.’
- ‘If we take Finland as an example, we find that the Saami, Romanies, and Swedes have to learn Finnish, but Finns do not have to learn any of these languages.’
- ‘The book also deals with the dilemmas of the politics of identity, especially with respect to the just treatment of Romanies in Central Europe.’
- ‘Less than 10 per cent of the world's eight million Romanies remain nomadic.’
2mass noun The language of the Romani, an Indo-European language related to Hindi that is spoken by a widely dispersed group and has many dialects.
‘Gypsies speak Romany, an Indic language of the Indo-European language family.’- ‘They spoke their own language, Romany, which had a heavy Indian influence.’
- ‘Carl continued muttering in both English and Romany as they headed out the door.’
- ‘I could hear and understand their prayers in Romany.’
- ‘The language of the Roma population is Romany, although many Roma combine that language with Romanian.’
- ‘One particular myth about Romany was that it did not contain any words for duty or possession.’
- ‘It's much more likely to derive from the Romany.’
traveller, rambler, hiker, wayfarer, migrant, globetrotter, roamer, rover
adjective
Relating to or associated with the Romani or their culture or language.
‘Romani people have a long history’- ‘the book follows Mikey's life in a Romany community’
- ‘the director is Romany himself’
- ‘The title is taken from the Romany language of the Gypsies meaning ‘wherever.’’
- ‘Gypsies came from northern India and adopted a wandering life-style, keeping their Romany language and traditions.’
- ‘The ensuing investigation brings Sasha face to face with victims across the city - from Georgian marketeers to Romany gypsies.’
- ‘Singers ranging from Romany gypsies to an Algerian rapper join him.’
- ‘I'm not sure the extent to which it's happening to the Romany people but I think it's probably an issue the way it has been an issue for First Nations people in Canada and Aborigines in Australia.’
- ‘We parade down the road, where the Chmelars' Romany neighbours surprise us by playing not traditional gipsy music, but superb modern jazz.’
- ‘He has recently completed a journey around Europe in a traditional Romany wagon.’
- ‘Gypsies were marked as the other in terms of race, class, and religion; the name itself derives from Egyptian and points toward the much-discussed myth that the Romany race descended from an ancient Eastern tribe.’
- ‘Augustus John, who had a certain talent but nothing to say, so admired Romany culture that he dressed like one.’
- ‘He'd breathed a sigh of relief when Stephan had left home at the age of twenty to marry a Romany girl.’
- ‘But in Wigton, when men talked about a horse, they talked about a ‘grey’, which is a Romany word for horse.’
- ‘At the inquiry the appellant stated that she was a Romany Gypsy who had travelled all her life.’
- ‘I had a general feeling that she hated me, that she was hostile towards me only because of my Romany origins.’
Origin
Early 19th century Romani, feminine and plural of the adjective Romano, from Rom ‘man, husband’ (see Rom).
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