cigány

== Hungarian == === Etymology === From a Slavic language; compare Slovene cigan (“Gypsy”), Serbo-Croatian Cȉgani pl (“Gypsies”). Ultimately from Byzantine Greek ἀθίγγανος (athínganos, “untouchable”). Compare German Zigeuner, and Romanian țigan, which are cognates. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡siɡaːɲ] Hyphenation: ci‧gány Rhymes: -aːɲ === Adjective === cigány (not generally comparable, comparative cigányabb, superlative legcigányabb) Gypsy Synonym: roma Romani (written or spoken in the language of the Roma people) (offensive) bad, worthless ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === cigány (countable and uncountable, plural cigányok) Gypsy, Roma, Rom, Romani Synonym: roma Romani (the language of the Roma people) ==== Declension ==== === See also === === References === === Further reading === cigány ; (superseded spellings; now all are written in two words) cigányasszony , cigánygyerek , cigányleány , and cigánylegény in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. cigány in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).