Αθίγγανος
See also: αθίγγανος
Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- αθίγγανος (athínganos) (formal, adjectival)
- ατσίγγανος (atsínganos), Aτσίγγανος (Atsínganos)
- τσιγγάνος (tsingános), Τσιγγάνος (Tsingános) (non-formal)
Etymology
editLearned borrowing from Byzantine Greek Ἀθίγγανος (Athínganos, “member of a religious sect”), Ἀτσίγγανος (Atsínganos)[1] from privative ἀ- (a-) + the ancient θιγγάνω (thingánō, “I touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-, same source as Sanskrit देग्धि (degdhi), Latin fingō, Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (daēza, “wall”), and Old Armenian դէզ (dēz). See τσιγγάνος (tsingános).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editΑθίγγανος • (Athínganos) m (plural Αθίγγανοι, feminine Αθίγγανη or Αθιγγανίδα)
- A Gypsy, a Rom, a member of the Romani people.
- (historical) Follower of the Christian sect of Melchizedek.
Declension
editDeclension of Αθίγγανος
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Αθίγγανος • | Αθίγγανοι • | |
| genitive | Αθίγγανου •, Αθιγγάνου • | Αθίγγανων •, Αθιγγάνων • | |
| accusative | Αθίγγανο • | Αθίγγανους •, Αθιγγάνους • | |
| vocative | Αθίγγανε • | Αθίγγανοι • | |
| Second forms are formal. | |||
See also
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Ρομά (Αθίγγανος) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
References
edit- ^ αθίγγανος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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