tzigane

Meaning

Noun

• A Hungarian Gypsy (Romani person).

Related

Broader meaning words

• gipsy
• Gipsy
• gypsy
• Gypsy
• zigeuner
• Zigeuner
• zingaro

Origin

• From the Hungarian cigány via French tzigane, from Byzantine Greek τσιγγάνος ("Gypsy"). Cognate to Italian zigano, zingano and zingaro, Spanish cíngaro, German Zigeuner, Dutch zigeuner, Afrikaans sigeuner, Portuguese cigano, Romanian țigan, Polish Cygan, Czech Cikán, Russian цыган, Turkish Çingene. 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.