English Explanatory Dictionary

tzigane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Hungarian Gypsy (Romani person).

Pronunciation

/tsɪˈɡɑːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tzigane.wav

Word forms

tzigane tziganes

Etymology

From the Hungarian cigány via French tzigane, from Byzantine Greek ἀθίγγανος (athínganos, “untouchable”). Cognate to Italian zigano, zingano and zingaro, Spanish cíngaro, German Zigeuner, Dutch zigeuner, Afrikaans sigeuner, Portuguese cigano, Romanian țigan, Polish Cygan, Czech Cikán, Serbo-Croatian cigan, Russian цыган (cygan), Turkish Çingene. Doublet of zingaro. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Rom (words related to the Romani people's autonyms) and cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt); see those entries for more information.

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