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Hebrew
Etymology
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.
Adjective
צוֹעֲנִי • (tso'aní, ṣōʿănī) (feminine צוֹעֲנִית, masculine plural צוֹעֲנִים or צוֹעֲנִיִּים, feminine plural צוֹעֲנִיּוֹת)
- Gypsy
Noun
צוֹעֲנִי • (tso'aní, ṣōʿănī) m
- Gypsy
References
- “צועני” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language