Gypsy
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A clipping of Gyptian (in Early Modern English roughly /ˈd͡ʒɪp.sɪ.æn/), itself an apheretic form of Egyptian, from Middle English Egipcian (“Egyptian”) (rarely Gypcian), from Old French egyptien, from Latin aegyptianus, from aegyptius (“Egypt”), because when Roma first appeared in England in the sixteenth century, they were wrongly believed to have come from Egypt. The Albanian evgjit, Greek γύφτος (gýftos), Italian gitano, Spanish gitano and Turkish Kıpti have the same origin. Doublet of Egyptian and Copt.
The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Rom (words related to the Romani people's autonyms) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information.
Inflected forms:
form: Gypsies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc).
pos: noun
tags: offensive
sometimes
gloss: A member of other nomadic peoples, not only of the Romani people; a traveller. Alternative spelling of gypsy.
pos: noun
gloss: Of or belonging to the Romani people or one of it sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichel, etc).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
offensive
sometimes
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: sigeuner
lang: Albanian
word: cigan
lang: Albanian
word: cigane
lang: Arabic
word: غَجَر
roman: ḡajar
lang: Arabic
word: غَجَرِيّ
roman: ḡajariyy
lang: Arabic
word: غَجَرِيَّة
roman: ḡajariyya
lang: Armenian
word: գնչու
roman: gnčʻu
lang: Armenian
word: գնչուհի
roman: gnčʻuhi
lang: Aromanian
word: cinghine
lang: Aromanian
word: yiftu
lang: Aromanian
word: curbet
lang: Azerbaijani
word: siqan
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qaraçı
lang: Bashkir
word: сиған
roman: siğan
lang: Basque
word: ijito
lang: Belarusian
word: цыга́н
roman: cyhán
lang: Belarusian
word: цыга́нка
roman: cyhánka
lang: Bulgarian
word: ци́ганин
roman: cíganin
lang: Bulgarian
word: ци́ганка
roman: cíganka
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: Циґан
roman: Cygan
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: Циґанка
roman: Cyganka
lang: Catalan
word: gitano
lang: Chechen
word: цигон
roman: cigon
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 吉普賽人 /吉普赛人
roman: jípǔsàirén
lang: Chuvash
word: чикан
roman: čik̬an
lang: Czech
word: Cikán
lang: Czech
word: Cikánka
lang: Danish
word: sigøjner
lang: Dutch
word: zigeuner
lang: Dutch
word: zigeunerin
lang: Esperanto
word: cigano
lang: Esperanto
word: ciganino
lang: Estonian
word: mustlane
lang: Faroese
word: sigoyni
lang: Faroese
word: sigoynari
lang: Finnish
word: mustalainen
lang: French
word: tsigane
lang: French
word: gitan
lang: French
word: gitane
lang: French
word: manouche
lang: Georgian
word: ბოშა
roman: boša
lang: German
word: Zigeuner
lang: German
word: Zigeunerin
lang: Greek
word: τσιγγάνος
roman: tsingános
lang: Greek
word: τσιγγάνα
roman: tsingána
lang: Greek
word: Ἀθίγγανος
roman: Athínganos
lang: Haitian Creole
word: jitàn
lang: Hebrew
word: צוֹעֲנִי
roman: tso'aní
lang: Hebrew
word: צוֹעֲנִית
roman: tso'anít
lang: Hindi
word: जिप्सी
roman: jipsī
lang: Hungarian
word: cigány
lang: Icelandic
word: Sígauni
lang: Irish
word: giofóg
lang: Irish
word: duine den lucht siúil
lang: Italian
word: zingaro
lang: Italian
word: zingara
lang: Japanese
word: ジプシー
roman: jipushī
lang: Kazakh
word: сыған
roman: syğan
lang: Kazakh
word: цыган
roman: sygan
lang: Korean
word: 집시
roman: jipsi
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: cengene
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: qereçî
lang: Kyrgyz
word: сыган
roman: sıgan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: цыган
roman: tsıgan
lang: Latvian
word: čigāns
lang: Latvian
word: čigāne
lang: Lithuanian
word: čigonas
lang: Lithuanian
word: čigonė
lang: Macedonian
word: Ци́ган
roman: Cígan
lang: Macedonian
word: Ци́ганин
roman: Cíganin
lang: Macedonian
word: Ци́ганка
roman: Cíganka
lang: Macedonian
word: Ѓуптин
roman: Ǵuptin
lang: Malay
word: gipsi
lang: Māori
word: Hipihi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sigøyner
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sigøynerske
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: sigøynar
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: sigøynerske
lang: Pashto
word: جټ
roman: jaṭ
lang: Persian
word: کولی
roman: kowli
lang: Persian
word: جت
roman: jat
lang: Persian
word: چنگانه
roman: čingāna
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Ziejoon
lang: Polish
word: Cygan
lang: Polish
word: Cyganka
lang: Portuguese
word: cigano
lang: Portuguese
word: cigana
lang: Romanian
word: țigan
lang: Romanian
word: țigancă
lang: Romanian
word: cioară
lang: Russian
word: цыга́н
roman: cygán
lang: Russian
word: цыга́нка
roman: cygánka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Ци̏ганин
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Ци̏га̄н
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Ци̏га̄нка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Cȉganin
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Cȉgān
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Cȉgānka
lang: Sicilian
word: caminanti
lang: Sicilian
word: gitanu
lang: Sicilian
word: zannu
lang: Sicilian
word: zìngaru
lang: Slovak
word: Cigán
lang: Slovak
word: Cigánka
lang: Slovene
word: Cigan
lang: Slovene
word: Ciganka
lang: Spanish
word: gitano
lang: Swedish
word: zigenare
lang: Tagalog
word: hitano
lang: Tajik
word: лӯлӣ
roman: lüli
lang: Tajik
word: ҷӯгӣ
roman: jügi
lang: Tatar
word: чегән
roman: çegän
lang: Thai
word: ยิปซี
roman: yíp-sii
lang: Turkish
word: Çingene
lang: Turkish
word: Kıpti
lang: Turkmen
word: loly
lang: Udmurt
word: чиган
roman: ćigan
lang: Ukrainian
word: ци́ган
roman: cýhan
lang: Ukrainian
word: ци́ганка
roman: cýhanka
lang: Urdu
word: جِپْسی
roman: jipsī
lang: Uyghur
word: سىگان
roman: sigan
lang: Uzbek
word: loʻli
lang: Vietnamese
word: người Di-gan
lang: Vietnamese
word: người Xư-gan
lang: Volapük
word: zigan
lang: Votic
word: mustõlain
lang: Welsh
word: sipsi
lang: Yiddish
word: ציגײַנער
roman: tsigayner
lang: Yiddish
word: ציגײַנערין
roman: tsigaynerin