tzigane
/tsɪˈɡɑːn/
tzigane noun: a Hungarian Gypsy (Romani person).
Noun
tzigane (plural tziganes)
tzigane meaning in Tamil
tzigane in Tamil
- அங்கேரிநாட்டுஜிப்சிஇனத்தவர், அங்கேரிநாட்டுஜிப்ஸிஇனத்தவருக்குரிய, அங்கேரிநாட்டுஜிப்ஸிஇனத்தவரின்இசைசார்ந்த
Forms of tzigane
| plural | tziganes |
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Origin of tzigane
From the Hungarian cigány via French tzigane, from Byzantine Greek ἀθίγγανος (athínganos, “untouchable”). Cognate to Italian zigano, zingano and zingaro, Spanish cíngaro, German Zigeuner, Dutch zigeuner, Afrikaans sigeuner, Portuguese cigano, Romanian țigan, Polish Cygan, Czech Cikán, Serbo-Croatian cigan, Russian цыган (cygan), Turkish Çingene. Doublet of zingaro. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Rom (words related to the Romani people's autonyms) and cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt); see those entries for more information.
Words that rhyme with tzigane
Questions about tzigane
- What does tzigane mean?
- Tzigane means a Hungarian Gypsy (Romani person).
- What is tzigane in Tamil?
- Tzigane in Tamil is அங்கேரிநாட்டுஜிப்சிஇனத்தவர், அங்கேரிநாட்டுஜிப்ஸிஇனத்தவருக்குரிய, அங்கேரிநாட்டுஜிப்ஸிஇனத்தவரின்இசைசார்ந்த. See Tzigane meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tzigane?
- Tzigane is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tzigane?
- Tzigane is pronounced /tsɪˈɡɑːn/.
- What is the plural of tzigane?
- The plural of tzigane is tziganes.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tzigane (page history and authors); tzigane (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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