"τσιγγάνος" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /t͡siŋˈɡa.nos/
Etymology: Via Byzantine Greek Ἀτσίγγανος (Atsínganos) and Ἀθίγγανος (Athínganos) from Ancient Greek ἀθίγγανος (athínganos, “who doesn't want to be touched; untouchable”), ultimately a compound of privative ἀ- (a-) + θιγγάνω (thingánō, “to touch”). The Middle Greek word had initially been the name of a Christian sect, the Melchizedekian sect, which was subsequently associated to Romani people. Nişanyan suggests, 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). Petrounias, however, explains αθίγγανος (athínganos) as a paretymological variant of ἀτσίγγανος (atsínganos), influenced by the name of the Christian sect. Also see Italian zingano, German Zigeuner, Turkish çingene. Etymology templates: {{inh|el|gkm|Ἀτσίγγανος}} Byzantine Greek Ἀτσίγγανος (Atsínganos), {{inh|el|grc|ἀθίγγανος||who doesn't want to be touched; untouchable}} Ancient Greek ἀθίγγανος (athínganos, “who doesn't want to be touched; untouchable”) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|τσιγγάνοι|||||||||||feminine|τσιγγάνα|||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} τσιγγάνος • (tsingános) m (plural τσιγγάνοι, feminine τσιγγάνα), {{el-noun|m|τσιγγάνοι|f=τσιγγάνα}} τσιγγάνος • (tsingános) m (plural τσιγγάνοι, feminine τσιγγάνα) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|τσιγγάνος|τσιγγάνοι|τσιγγάνου|τσιγγάνων|τσιγγάνο|τσιγγάνους|τσιγγάνε|τσιγγάνοι|note=}} Forms: tsingános [romanization], τσιγγάνοι [plural], τσιγγάνα [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], τσιγγάνος [nominative, singular], τσιγγάνοι [nominative, plural], τσιγγάνου [genitive, singular], τσιγγάνων [genitive, plural], τσιγγάνο [accusative, singular], τσιγγάνους [accusative, plural], τσιγγάνε [singular, vocative], τσιγγάνοι [plural, vocative]
  1. Gypsy, Gipsy Synonyms: Τσιγγάνος (Tsingános), αθίγγανος (athínganos), Αθίγγανος (Athínganos) [formal], ατσίγγανος (atsínganos)
    Sense id: en-τσιγγάνος-el-noun-RqWQCMvW Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'δρόμος', Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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