Rohingya

Rohingya

English

Etymology

From Rohingya Rohing + 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.

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) Finnish: rohinga (fi) Georgian: please add this translation if you can Hindi: रोहिंग्या f (rohiṅgyā) Khmer: រ៉ូហ៊ីងយ៉ា (roohiiŋyaa) Portuguese: Rohingya m, Rohingyas m pl, Rohingya f, Rohingyas f pl Rohingya: ruáingga, رُاَࣺينڠَ‎, 𐴌𐴟𐴇𐴥𐴝𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝‎ (ruh́hanggia) Russian: рохи́нджа (ru) m (roxíndža) Sanskrit: रोसाङ्गीय (rosāṅgīya) 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 (bn) (rosaiṅga), রোয়াইঙ্গা (bn) (royaiṅga), রোহিঙ্গা (rohiṅga) Burmese: ရိုဟင်ဂျာ (ruihanggya) Chinese: Mandarin: 羅興亞人／罗兴亚人 (Luóxìngyàrén) Finnish: rohinga (fi) (person), rohingat (fi) pl (people) Hindi: रोहिंग्या m or f (rohiṅgyā) Khmer: រ៉ូហ៊ីងយ៉ា (roohiiŋyaa) 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 ⁠