цыганъ

Old Ruthenian
цыга́ны

Alternative forms
  • ци́ганъ (cíhan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek τσίγγανος (tsínganos) (сompare modern Greek τσιγγάνος (tsingános)), from earlier ἀτσίγγανος (atsínganos) (whence Middle Bulgarian а҆циганинъ)[1] Compare Middle Russian цыганъ (cygan) (1558), whence modern Russian цыга́н (cygán).[2]

Noun

цыганъ • (cyhan) m pers (genitive цы́гана, nominative plural цыга́ны or цыга́не)

  1. Gypsy, Roma

Derived terms
  • цыгани́нъ (cyhanín)
  • цыганье (cyhanʹje)

Descendants
  • Belarusian: цыга́н (cyhán)
  • >? Carpathian Rusyn: ци́ґан (cýgan)
  • Ukrainian: ци́ган (cýhan)

References
  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “ци́ган¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 244
  2. Vasmer, Max (1973), “цыга́н”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 4 (Т – Ящур), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress, page 305

Further reading
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2016), “цыганъ, циганъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 36 (фолкга – чорно), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 254
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