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) 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

• IPA^(key): /aˈθiŋ.ɡa.nos/
• Hyphenation: Α‧θίγ‧γα‧νος

Proper noun

Αθίγγανος • (Athínganos) m (plural Αθίγγανοι, feminine Αθίγγανη or Αθιγγανίδα)

1. A Gypsy, a Rom, a member of the Romani people.

   Synonyms: Ρομά (Romá), τσιγγάνος (tsingános)

2. (historical) Follower of the Christian sect of Melchizedek.

Declension

Declension 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

• Ρομά (Αθίγγανος) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el