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pertaining to Gypsies, their language, or their customs.
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Romany
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| Romany or Romani (ˈrɒmənɪ, ˈrəʊ-, ˈrɒmənɪ, ˈrəʊ-) | |
| —n , -nies, -nis | |
| 1. | a. another name for a Gypsy |
| b. (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 |
| [C19: from Romany romani (adj) Gypsy, ultimately from Sanskrit domba man of a low caste of musicians, of Dravidian origin] | |
| Romani or Romani | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from Romany romani (adj) Gypsy, ultimately from Sanskrit domba man of a low caste of musicians, of Dravidian origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
Romany
"a gypsy, the Gypsy language," 1812, romani, fem. of romano (adj.) "Gypsy," from rom, the Gypsy word for "man, husband, male, Gypsy" (pl. roma), from Skt. domba-s "male member of a low caste of musicians."
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