(a.) : 1) Romalı. 2) Arap ilinden başka ilden olan kimse. 3) Anadolu. 4) Osmanlı. Mollâ-yi Rûm : Mevlânâ Celâlüddîn-i Rûmî).

(Latin Roma), prop. n., A. pl. اروام) 1. A Roman; the Romans of the Lower Empire. 2. Name applied formerly to Syria, also to Asia Minor, to the whole territories of the lower Roman Empire, and to the Seljuqi kingdom in Asia Minor. 3. Name given by the Persians in modern times to the Ottoman Empire and its subjects. 4. Those Ottoman subjects who are commonly called Greeks by Europeans. 5. The province of Sivas in Asia Minor. 6. Rum.