Aromanian

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /æɹəʊˈmeɪnɪən/
(US) IPA^(key): /æɹoʊˈmeɪniən/

Noun

Aromanian (plural Aromanians)

A member of the people living throughout the southern Balkans, especially in northern Greece, Albania, Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria; they are a subgroup of Vlachs.

Usage notes

Do not confuse with Armenians, an unrelated people.

Synonyms

(people): Armini

Translations

person

Aromanian: armãn m, vlah m
Finnish: aromanialainen
French: Aroumain

Greek: Αρμάνος (el) m (Armános), Βλάχος (el) m (Vláchos)
Romanian: aromân (ro) m, macedoromân (ro) m, aromâncă (ro) f
Russian: арумы́н m (arumýn), арумы́нка f (arumýnka), арому́н (ru) m (aromún), арому́нка f (aromúnka)

Proper noun

Aromanian

An endangered Eastern Romance language spoken mainly in Greece, but also in Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Romania, and relatively intelligible with Romanian and Megleno-Romanian.

Synonyms

(language): Arumanian (archaic), Macedo-Romanian, Vlach

Translations

language

Armenian: առումիներեն (aṙumineren)
Aromanian: limba armãneascã f, armãnã f, limba armãnã f, armãneashti, armâneashti (roa-rup), armãneashce (roa-rup), vlãheashti
Dutch: Aromaans (nl) n
Finnish: aromania (fi)
French: aroumain (fr) m
German: Aromunisch (de)
Greek: Βλάχικη γλώσσα (Vláchiki glóssa), Βλάχικα (Vláchika)
Hungarian: aromán (hu)

Irish: Arómáinis f
Italian: arumeno m, aromuno m
Portuguese: aromeno (pt) m, arromeno m
Romanian: limba aromână f
Russian: арумы́нский (ru) m (arumýnskij) (язы́к), арому́нский (ru) m (aromúnskij) (язы́к)
Spanish: arumano m, arrumano m
Swedish: arumänska (sv)
Turkish: Ulahça (tr)

See also

Wiktionary's coverage of Aromanian terms

Appendix:Aromanian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Aromanian

Further reading

Ethnologue entry for Aromanian, rup

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