tsiganology

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tsiganology (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The study of gypsies.
    • 1892, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, volume 3, page 134:
      As I have not to make here a study of Tsiganology, I shall confine myself to distinguishing precisely between the Boémiems of Belgium and the Nutons or prehistoric dwarfs.
    • 2016, Adrian Marsh, Elin Strand, Gypsies and the Problem of Identities: Contextual, Constructed and Contested:
      These "last words" in conclusion to this volume, should be understood as a personal reflection on what has transpired since the first conference in 2003, after my having participated in these four major events in Istanbul, Edirne and Ereğli, and as something of an overview of the current state of tsiganology (Romani Studies), in Turkey at present.