Rom

Significado (Inglés)

Name

1. The ethnic designation used by the Romani people from Eastern Europe.
2. (rare) The Romani language.

Noun

1. A member of the Romani people.
2. A male member of the Romani people who is married and considered respectable amongst the family.

Adj

Romani: of or pertaining to the Roma people.

Conceptos

gitano

gitana

Roma

Rom

Sinónimos

Roma

Gypsy

Romani

Romany

gipsy

gypsy

Traducciones

Rom

Rom

Rom

Ρομ

Zigeuner

Romni

غَجَرِيّ

Sinto

Sinti

رُومَانِيّ

Roma

tsigane

bohémien

Zigeunerin

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɹəʊm/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”). See some more information at Roma. Doublet of Dom.
The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information.
Not related to Romanian or Roman.