Tzigane

[ tsi-gahn ]
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adjective
  1. (often lowercase) of, consisting of, or pertaining to the Roma: Tzigane music.

noun
  1. a Romani, especially one from Hungary.

Origin of Tzigane

1
First recorded in 1880–85; from French tzigane, probably from Hungarian cigány, akin to German Zigeuner, Romanian ţigan, Serbo-Croatian cȉganin, Bulgarian tsíganin, all ultimately from Medieval Greek (a)tsínganos, earlier athínganos member of a heretical sect of Phrygia, perhaps literally, “untouchable, inviolable” (Greek a- “not, without” + -thinganos, derivative of thingánein “to touch”); cf. zingaro

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British Dictionary definitions for Tzigane

Tzigane

/ (tsɪˈɡɑːn, sɪ-) /


noun
    • a Gypsy, esp a Hungarian one

    • (as modifier): Tzigane music

Origin of Tzigane

1
C19: via French from Hungarian czigány Gypsy, of uncertain origin

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