单词 | Romany |
释义 | Word Frequency Romany or Romani (ˈrɒmənɪ, ˈrəʊ-) noun 1. Word forms: plural -nies or -nis a. another name for a Roma2 (sense 1) b. (as modifier) Romany customs 2. the language of the Roma people, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family, but incorporating extensive borrowings from local European languages. Most of its 250 000 speakers are bilingual. It is extinct in Britain Word origin C19: from Romany romani (adj) Roma, ultimately from Sanskrit domba man of a low caste of musicians, of Dravidian origin |
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