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Romany
Rom·a·ny R0293250 (rŏm′ə-nē, rō′mə-, rä′mə-)n. & adj. Variant of Romani.Romany (ˈrɒmənɪ; ˈrəʊ-) or Romaninpl -nies or -nis1. (Peoples) a. another name for a Gypsyb. (as modifier): Romany customs. 2. (Languages) the language of the Gypsies, 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[C19: from Romany romani (adj) Gypsy, ultimately from Sanskrit domba man of a low caste of musicians, of Dravidian origin]Rom•a•ny or Rom•a•ni (ˈrɒm ə ni, ˈroʊ mə-)
n. 1. the Indo-Aryan language traditionally spoken by the Gypsies, comprising a broad range of dialects. 2. the Gypsies collectively. adj. 3. of or pertaining to the Gypsies or Romany. [1805–15; < Romany, feminine of romano, adj. derivative of rom Rom] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Romany - a 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)Bohemian, Roma, Romani, Rommany, Gipsy, GypsyIndian - a native or inhabitant of Indiagitana - a Spanish female Gypsygitano - a Spanish male Gypsy | | 2. | Romany - the Indic language of the GypsiesGypsySanskrit, Sanskritic language - (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes | | Adj. | 1. | Romany - of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture; "Romani nomads"; "Romany folk songs"; "a Gypsy fortune-teller"Romani |
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Romany
Romany: see RomaniRomani
or Romany
, people known historically in English as Gypsies and their language.
1 A traditionally nomadic people with particular folkways and a unique language, found on every continent; they are sometimes also called Roma, from the name of a major
..... Click the link for more information. .Romany the language of the Gypsies. Romany, which belongs to the neo-Indic group of Indo-European languages, developed in isolation from the Indie languages, to which it is closely related. It preserved the basic lexicon of the Old Indie languages and a typological resemblance to the Middle Indic and Modern Indic languages. The principal phonetic features of Romany include the devoicing of voiced aspirates (gh > kh, dh > th,bh > ph), the weakening of aspiration (ch > c, th > t, bh > b), the loss of retroflexion (ṭ > r, ḍ > r, ḍh > r, ṣ > s, ṣṭ > št), and the devoicing of affricates (j > c). In Romany, positions have come to be used as case endings. Other morphological features of Romany include a distinction between the stem in the direct case and the stem in oblique cases, the lack of an accusative case for inanimate nouns, and the presence of compound forms in the future tense. Ethnic groups of Gypsies, which have migrated along different routes, speak different dialects that have been more or less influenced in vocabulary, phonetics, and syntax by surrounding languages. Because of the Gypsies’ long residence in the Byzantine Empire, Romany absorbed several features common to Balkan languages. For example, it adopted the use of articles (masculine o, feminine e and i) and lost the earlier infinitive, which was replaced by personal forms of the subjunctive with the prepositive particle te- (in certain modern dialects of Romany these forms of the subjunctive are losing their significance as personal forms). REFERENCESVenttsel’, T. V. Tsyganskii iazyk. Moscow, 1964.
Venttsel’, T. V., and L. N. Cherenkov. “Dialekty tsyganskogo iazyka.” In the collection lazyki Azii i Afriki, book 1. Moscow, 1976.
Sergievskii, M. V., comp. Tsygansko-russkii slovar’. Moscow, 1938.
Turner, R. L. The Position of Romani in Indo-Aryan. London, 1927.
Kochanowski, J. Gypsy Studies, vols. 1–2. New Delhi, 1963.
Wolf, S. A. Grosses Wörterbuch der Zigeunersprache (Romani tšiw). Mannheim, 1960.
Rishi, W. R. Multilingual Romani Dictionary. Chandigarh, 1974.T. V. VENTTSEL’ Romany, Romani1. a. another name for a Gypsyb. (as modifier): Romany customs 2. the language of the Gypsies, 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 Romany
Synonyms for Romanynoun a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetellingSynonyms- Bohemian
- Roma
- Romani
- Rommany
- Gipsy
- Gypsy
Related Wordsnoun the Indic language of the GypsiesSynonymsRelated Words- Sanskrit
- Sanskritic language
adj of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or cultureSynonyms |