цыганъ

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Old Ruthenian

цыга́ны

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek τσίγγανος (tsínganos) (сompare modern Greek τσιγγάνος (tsingános)), from earlier ἀτσίγγανος (atsínganos) (whence Middle Bulgarian а҆циганинъ (a҆ciganinŭ))[1] Compare Middle Russian цыганъ (cygan) (1558), whence modern Russian цыга́н (cygán).[2]

Noun

цыганъ (cyhanm pers (genitive цы́гана, nominative plural цыга́ны or цыга́не)

  1. Gypsy, Roma

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Belarusian: цыга́н (cyhán)
  • >? Carpathian Rusyn: ци́ґан (cýgan)
  • Ukrainian: ци́ган (cýhan)

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “ци́ган¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 244
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1973) “цыга́н”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 4 (Т – Ящур), Moscow: Progress, page 305

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