Rohingya

See also: rohingya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Rohingya ruáingga, from Rohingya Rohang + ya (“the people of Rohing”). Rohang is the old kingdom name of Arakan in present-day Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈhɪŋ.jə/, /ɹoʊˈhɪŋ.d͡ʒə/, /ɹoʊˈhɪŋ.ɡə/, /ɹoʊˈhɪn.d͡ʒə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊhɪŋ.jə/, /ˈɹəʊhɪŋ.d͡ʒə/, /ɹəʊˈhɪŋ.jə/, /ɹəʊˈhɪŋ.d͡ʒə/, /ɹəʊˈhɪŋ.ɡə/, /ɹəʊˈhɪn.d͡ʒə/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒə

Proper noun

Rohingya

1. The Indo-European language spoken in Arakan, Myanmar, closely related to Chittagonian.

Derived terms

• Rohingyalish

Translations

language

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Assamese: ৰোহিঙীয়া ভাষা (rühiṅia bhaxa)
• Bengali: রোয়াইঙ্গা ভাষা (roaiṅga bhaṣa)
• Burmese: ရိုဟင်ဂျာ (ruihanggya)
• Catalan: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅興亞語 / 罗兴亚语 (Luóxìngyàyǔ)

• Dutch: Rohingya n
• Finnish: rohinga (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: रोहिंग्या f (rohiṅgyā)
• Khmer: រ៉ូហ៊ីងយ៉ា (roohiiŋyaa)
• Marathi: रोहिंग्या f (rohiṅgyā)
• Polish: język rohingya m
• Portuguese: Rohingya m, Rohingyas m pl, Rohingya f, Rohingyas f pl
• Rohingya: ruáingga, رُاَࣺينڠَ, 𐴌𐴟𐴇𐴥𐴝𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝 (ruh́hanggia)
• Russian: рохи́нджа (ru) m (roxíndža)
• Sanskrit: रोसाङ्गीय (rosāṅgīya)
• Somali: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: rohinyá m, ruaingá m
• Thai: โรฮีนจา (roo-hiin-jaa)
• Vietnamese: Rohingya

Noun

Rohingya pl (plural only)

1. The people of Arakan, Myanmar, who speak this language.

Translations

Rohingya-speaking people

• Assamese: ৰোহিঙীয়া (rühiṅia)
• Bengali: রোসাইঙ্গা (rōśaiṅga), রোয়াইঙ্গা (bn) (rōẇaiṅga), রোহিঙ্গা (rōhiṅga)
• Burmese: ရိုဟင်ဂျာ (ruihanggya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅興亞人 / 罗兴亚人 (zh) (Luóxìngyàrén)

• Dutch: Rohingya pl, Rohingya's pl
• Finnish: rohinga (fi) (person), rohingat (fi) pl (people)
• Hindi: रोहिंग्या m or f (rohiṅgyā)
• Khmer: រ៉ូហ៊ីងយ៉ា (roohiiŋyaa)
• Marathi: रोहिंग्या (rohiṅgyā)
• Polish: Rohingja (pl) m or f
• Rohingya: Ruáingga
• Russian: рохи́нджа (ru) m (roxíndža)
• Spanish: rohinyá m or f, ruaingá m or f
• Swedish: rohingyer (sv) c
• Thai: โรฮีนจา (roo-hiin-jaa)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Rohingya terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code rhg (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Rohingya, rhg ⁠