رومی
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See also: رومي
Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬𐭠𐭣𐭩𐭪 (Hrōmāyīg, “Greek, Byzantine, Roman”). Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (Hrom) being the Middle Persian term for Rome and Middle Persian 𐭩𐭪 (-ig) being the suffix which forms adjectives of relation.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɾoː.ˈmiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹuː.míː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾɵ.mí]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | rōmī |
Dari reading? | rōmī |
Iranian reading? | rumi |
Tajik reading? | rümi |
Noun
[edit]رومی • (rumi, rômi) (plural رومیان (rumi, rômiân) or رومیها (rumi, rômi-hâ))
Usage notes
[edit]- In Dari Persian, this word can be used for someone from the modern-day city of Rome. In Iranian Persian this word is used for ancient Rome exclusively and the spelling رُمی (romi) is instead used for the residents of the city.
Adjective
[edit]رومی • (rumi)
- Roman
- Byzantine
- (archaic) Greek
- اسکندر رومی (eskandar-e rumi, “Alexander the Great”, literally “Alexander the Greek”) (archaic)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “رومایی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1986). A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary. OUP. p. 45.
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian رُومِی (rūmī), ultimately from Arabic رُومِيّ (rūmiyy). By surface analysis, رُوم (rūm) + ـِی (-ī).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾuː.miː/
Adjective
[edit]رُومِی • (rūmī) (Hindi spelling रूमी)
References
[edit]- Platts, John T. (1884) “رومی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 607
- The template Template:R:Fallon does not use the parameter(s):
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2=717 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.S. W. Fallon (1879) “رومی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
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