rromni

Romani

Alternative forms

romni, romnyi, řomni

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit डोम्बिनी (ḍombinī), feminine of डोम्ब (ḍomba). By surface analysis, rrom (“Romani man”) +‎ -ni (“feminine suffix”). Cognate with Hindustani ڈومنی / डोमनी (ḍomnī), Marwari डूमणी (ḍūmṇī), and Punjabi ڈومنی / ਡੂਮਣੀ (ḍūmṇī)

Noun

rromni f anim (accusative rromnǎ, nominative plural rromnǎ, accusative plural rromněn)

(International Standard) female equivalent of rrom
1. Romani woman
  Antonym: (gadje woman) gaʒi
2. wife

Descendants

Caló: romí

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍōmba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 314
Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “řomní”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 251
Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e Rromn/i I, -ǎ ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 314
Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e rromn/i I, -ǎ ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 314
Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 25
Marcel Courthiade (2017) “TEACHING SANSKRIT TO EUROPEAN RROMANIES (or RROMS)”, in Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa‎^[2], retrieved August 21, 2021, page 7
Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “rromni”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 58-59, 142