Αθίγγανος
See also: αθίγγανος
Greek
Alternative forms
- αθίγγανος (athínganos) (formal, adjectival)
- ατσίγγανος (atsínganos), Aτσίγγανος (Atsínganos)
- τσιγγάνος (tsingános), Τσιγγάνος (Tsingános) (non-formal)
Etymology
Learned 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 (dégdhi), Latin fingō, Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (daēza, “wall”), and Old Armenian դէզ (dēz). See τσιγγάνος (tsingános).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈθiŋ.ɡa.nos/
- Hyphenation: Α‧θίγ‧γα‧νος
Proper noun
Αθίγγανος • (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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Αθίγγανος (Athínganos) | Αθίγγανοι (Athínganoi) |
| genitive | Αθίγγανου (Athínganou) Αθιγγάνου (Athingánou) |
Αθίγγανων (Athínganon) Αθιγγάνων (Athingánon) |
| accusative | Αθίγγανο (Athíngano) | Αθίγγανους (Athínganous) Αθιγγάνους (Athingánous) |
| vocative | Αθίγγανε (Athíngane) | Αθίγγανοι (Athínganoi) |
Second forms are formal.
See also
- Ρομά (Αθίγγανος) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
References
- ^ αθίγγανος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language