Romany
英 ['rɔməni; 'rəu]
美
- n. 吉普赛语；吉普赛人
- adj. 吉普赛人的；吉普赛语的；吉普赛人之风俗习惯的
词态变化
复数: Romanies;
英英释意
- 1. a member of a nomadic people originating in northern India and now living on all continents
- 2. the Indic language of the Gypsies
英文词源
- 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."