Standard Lemma guide

Rohingya

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ɹoʊˈhɪŋ.jə/
  • US: /ɹoʊˈhɪŋ.d͡ʒə/
  • US: /ɹoʊˈhɪŋ.ɡə/
  • US: /ɹoʊˈhɪn.d͡ʒə/
  • UK: /ˈɹəʊhɪŋ.jə/
  • UK: /ˈɹəʊhɪŋ.d͡ʒə/
  • UK: /ɹəʊˈhɪŋ.jə/
  • UK: /ɹəʊˈhɪŋ.d͡ʒə/
  • UK: /ɹəʊˈhɪŋ.ɡə/
  • UK: /ɹəʊˈhɪn.d͡ʒə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪndʒə

1

name

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of the people of Arakan, Myanmar, who speak this language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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).

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: ৰোহিঙীয়া ভাষা (rühiṅia bhaxa) — language
  • Bengali: রোয়াইঙ্গা ভাষা (roaiṅga bhaṣa) — language
  • Burmese: ရိုဟင်ဂျာ (ruihanggya) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羅興亞語 /罗兴亚语 (Luóxìngyàyǔ) — language
  • Dutch: Rohingya — language
  • Finnish: rohinga — language
  • Hindi: रोहिंग्या (rohiṅgyā) — language
  • Khmer: រ៉ូហ៊ីងយ៉ា (roohiiŋyaa) — language
  • Marathi: रोहिंग्या (rohiṅgyā) — language
  • Polish: język rohingya — language
  • Portuguese: ruainga — language
  • Rohingya: ruáingga — language
  • Rohingya: رُاَࣺينڠَ — language
  • Rohingya: 𐴌𐴟𐴇𐴥𐴝𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝 (ruh́hanggia) — language
  • Russian: рохи́нджа (roxíndža) — language
  • Sanskrit: रोसाङ्गीय (rosāṅgīya) — language
  • Spanish: rohinyá — language
  • Spanish: ruaingá — language
  • Thai: โรฮีนจา (roo-hiin-jaa) — language
  • Vietnamese: Rohingya — language
  • Assamese: ৰোহিঙীয়া (rühiṅia) — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Bengali: রোসাইঙ্গা (rōśaiṅga) — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Bengali: রোয়াইঙ্গা (rōẇaiṅga) — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Bengali: রোহিঙ্গা (rōhiṅga) — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Burmese: ရိုဟင်ဂျာ (ruihanggya) — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羅興亞人 /罗兴亚人 — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Dutch: Rohingya — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Dutch: Rohingya's — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Finnish: rohinga — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Finnish: rohingat — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Hindi: रोहिंग्या (rohiṅgyā) — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Khmer: រ៉ូហ៊ីងយ៉ា (roohiiŋyaa) — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Marathi: रोहिंग्या (rohiṅgyā) — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Polish: Rohingja — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Portuguese: ruainga — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Rohingya: Ruáingga — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Russian: рохи́нджа (roxíndža) — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Spanish: rohinyá — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Spanish: ruaingá — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Swedish: rohingyer — Rohingya-speaking people
  • Thai: โรฮีนจา (roo-hiin-jaa) — Rohingya-speaking people