τσιγγάνος

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Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Via Byzantine Greek Ἀτσίγγανος (Atsínganos)[1][2][3] and Ἀθίγγανος (Athínganos) from Ancient Greek ἀθίγγανος (athínganos, “who doesn't want to be touched; untouchable”),[4] ultimately a compound of privative ἀ- (a-) + θιγγάνω (thingánō, “to touch”).[5][6][7] The Middle Greek word had initially been the name of a Christian sect,[8] the Melchizedekian sect, which was subsequently associated to Romani people.[9]

Nişanyan suggests,[10] due to the very recent first attestation of the term in Greek (1378 AD), a Turkish lemma çıgañ /t͡ʃɯˈɣaɲ/ ("destitute, lazy") as its origin, which, in turn, explains the replacement of the accent. This modern accent could also be influenced by the feminine form Ἀτσιγγάνα (Atsingána).[11]

Petrounias,[12] however, explains αθίγγανος (athínganos)[13] as a paretymological variant of ἀτσίγγανος (atsínganos), influenced by the name of the Christian sect.

Also see Italian zingano, German Zigeuner, Turkish çingene.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡siŋˈɡa.nos/
  • Hyphenation: τσιγ‧γά‧νος

Noun

τσιγγάνος • (tsingános) m (plural τσιγγάνοι, feminine τσιγγάνα)

  1. Gypsy, Gipsy

Declension

Declension of τσιγγάνος
singular plural
nominative τσιγγάνος • τσιγγάνοι •
genitive τσιγγάνου • τσιγγάνων •
accusative τσιγγάνο • τσιγγάνους •
vocative τσιγγάνε • τσιγγάνοι •

References

  1. ^ τσιγγάνος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ ατσίγγανος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  3. ^ Ατσίγγανος - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)
  4. ^ “ἀθίγγανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  5. ^ 1993, Struggling for Ethnic Identity: The Gypsies of Hungary (published by Human Rights Watch), page 1
  6. ^ 2004, Viorel Achim, The Roma in Romanian History (Bucharest), page 9
  7. ^ 2007, Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma In Europe, page 17
  8. ^ 2010, Gabriela Brozba, Between reality and myth: A corpus-based analysis of the stereotypic image of some Romanian ethnic minorities, page 42
  9. ^ τσιγγάνος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  10. ^ https://www.nisanyansozluk.com/kelime/çingene
  11. ^ Ατσιγγάνα - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)
  12. ^ ατσίγγανος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  13. ^ αθίγγανος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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