Gypsy, member of the Roma, Romani person · member of any of several other nomadic minorities · disorderly, lazy or dodgy person
çekim: çoğul Zigeunern · tamlayan Zigeuners
köken: Middle High German Cigäwnär (mentioning, 1420s), compare Zeginer and Ziginer (15th century). Most likely from a Byzantine Greek term meaning "untouchable"; compare the Modern Greek designations Τσιγγάνοι (Tsingánoi), Αθίγγανοι (Athínganoi). Cognate to Hungarian cigány and terms borrowed from it such as English tzigane, Portuguese cigano, French tzigane, Romanian țigan, and Russian цыга́н (cygán);…
köken: From کابلی (“Kabuli”), because when they first appeared it was wrongly believed that they were from Kabul. Various different words are used to identify them in different regions: In Khorasan, they are called قرشمال (qerešmâl). In Kerman and Balochistan, as well as Tajikistan, they are called لولی (luli). They are called سوزمانی (suzmâni) in most southern provinces such as Luristan and Kermanshah.
köken: Via Byzantine Greek Ἀτσίγγανος (Atsínganos) and Ἀθίγγανος (Athínganos) from Ancient Greek ἀθίγγανος (athínganos, “who doesn't want to be touched; untouchable”), ultimately a compound of privative ἀ- (a-) + θιγγάνω (thingánō, “to touch”). The Middle Greek word had initially been the name of a Christian sect, the Melchizedekian sect, which was subsequently associated to Romani people. Nişanyan…
köken: Possibly from an Ancient Greek term meaning "untouchable"; compare the modern Greek designations Τσιγγάνοι (Tsingánoi), Αθίγγανοι (Athínganoi). Cognates include Hungarian cigány, English tzigane, Italian zigano, Portuguese cigano, Polish Cygan, Russian цыган (cygan), German Zigeuner, and Spanish cíngaro.
köken: Borrowed from a South Slavic (a)ciganinŭ (cf. Church Slavonic циганинъ (ciganinŭ)), from early modern Greek τσιγγάνος (tsingános) or ατσίγγανος (atsínganos), variant of Byzantine Greek ἀθίγγανος (athínganos, “untouchable”)(a compound of privative ἀ- (a-) + θιγγάνω (thingánō, “to touch”)), used also as the name of a Christian sect. Compare Russian цыган (cygan), Hungarian cigány, Portuguese cigano…
Gypsy · Romani (written or spoken in the language of the Roma people) · bad, worthless
çekim: karşılaştırma cigányabb · üstünlük legcigányabb
köken: From a Slavic language; compare Slovene cigan (“Gypsy”), Serbo-Croatian Cȉgani pl (“Gypsies”). Ultimately from Byzantine Greek ἀθίγγανος (athínganos, “untouchable”). Compare German Zigeuner, and Romanian țigan, which are cognates.
köken: A phono-semantic matching of various European exonyms for Roma people like Yiddish ציגײַנער (tsigayner) and French gitan, with reinforcement from the root צ־ע־ן (forming words related to wandering). By surface analysis, צֹעַן + ־י, as in, someone from the Egyptian city of Tanis, known as צֹעַן (Ṣoʿan) in Hebrew.
köken: Borrowed from German Zigeuner, from Greek τσιγγάνος (tsingános), older Ἀθίγγανος (Athínganos), originally the name of a Christian sect. A compound of ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + θιγγάνω (thingánō, “to touch”).
köken: Possibly from an Ancient Greek term meaning "untouchable"; compare the modern Greek designations Τσιγγάνοι (Tsingánoi), Αθίγγανοι (Athínganoi). Cognates include Hungarian cigány, English tzigane, Polish Cygan, Russian цыган (cygan).