cigány

From a Slavic language; compare Slovene cigan (“Gypsy”), Serbo-Croatian Cȉgani pl (“Gypsies”). Ultimately from Byzantine Greek τσιγγάνος (tsingános, “Gypsy”), from a word meaning “untouchable”.[1][2][3] Compare German Zigeuner, and Romanian țigan, which are cognates.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡siɡaːɲ]

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• Hyphenation: ci‧gány
• Rhymes: -aːɲ

cigány (not generally comparable, comparative cigányabb, superlative legcigányabb)

1. Gypsy

   Synonym: roma

2. Romani (written or spoken in the language of the Roma people)
3. (offensive) bad, worthless

cigány (countable and uncountable, plural cigányok)

1. Gypsy, Roma, Rom, Romani

   Synonym: roma

2. Romani (the language of the Roma people)

• cigány ; (superseded spellings; now all are written in two words) cigányasszony , cigánygyerek , cigányleány , and cigánylegény in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• cigány in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)