[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Earlier Middle English gipcyan gyptian, from Old French gyptien, short for Egyptian, from Latin Aegyptius; when they first appeared in England in the sixteenth century they were believed to have come from Egypt.
[edit] Pronunciation
Gypsy (plural Gypsies)
- A member of the Romani people, or one of it sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichel, etc). Gypsy is not used by the Romani people themselves (it is an exonym) and is considered pejorative by some, mainly among the Romani people themselves.
- A member of other nomadic peoples, not only Romani people; a traveller.
[edit] Usage notes
The term Gypsy has contentious usage – it may have pejorative connotations and is an exonym (external name) based on the mistaken belief that the Romani people came from Egypt. Thus careful usage and most international organizations instead use Romani. Rom and Roma – narrowly speaking a subgroup – are also used as general terms, but can cause offense to (non-Romani) Romanians due to the confusion; Rrom and Rroma (trilled ‘r’) also find occasional use.
However, Gypsy is far better known than Romani, and is not commonly understood to be insulting by non-Romani – thus while it may cause offense, it is often not intended to cause offense. Further, some Romani organizations use Gypsy to refer to themselves.
[edit] Translations
a Romany
- Arabic: غجر (ar) (ghájar) m. (Egyptian Arabic: ghágar), روماني (ar) (rumaaniy) m.
- Armenian: գնչու (hy) (gnču), գնչուհի (hy) (gnčuhi)
- Belarusian: цыган (be) (cyhán) m., цыганка (be) (cyhánka) f.
- Bulgarian: циганин (bg) (cíganin) m., циганка (bg) (cíganka) f.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 吉普賽人 (cmn), 吉普赛人 (cmn) (Jípǔsài-rén), 羅姆人 (cmn), 罗姆人 (cmn) (Luómǔ-rén)
- Czech: Cikán (cs) m., Cikánka (cs) f., Rom (cs)
- Finnish: mustalainen (fi), romani (fi)
- French: bohémien (fr) m., gitan (fr) m., tsigane (fr) m. and f.
- German: Zigeuner (de) m., Zigeunerin (de) f., Rom (de) m., Romni (de) f., Roma (de) pl., Sinto (de) m., Sinti (de) m. pl.
- Greek: Ρομ (el) (Rom) m.
- Hindi: जिप्सी (hi) (jipsī)
- Hungarian: cigány (hu)
- Icelandic: Sígauni (is) m.
- Japanese: ジプシー (ja) (Jipushī), ロマ (ja) (Roma)
- Korean: 집시 (ko) (Jipsi), 롬 (ko) (Rom)
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- Norwegian: sigøyner m., sigøynerske f.
- Polish: Cygan m., Cyganka f., Cygan (pl), Cyganka (pl) f.
- Portuguese: cigano (pt) m., cigana (pt) f.
- Romanian: țigan (ro) m., rom (ro) m.
- Russian: цыган (ru) (cygán) m., цыганка (ru) (cygánka) f., рома (ru) (romá) m. and f. (indeclinable), ромал (ru) (romál) m., ромалка (ru) (romálka) f.
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Ром m., Ромкиња f.
- Roman: Rom m., Romkinja f.
- Slovak: Cigán (sk) m., Cigánka (sk) f.
- Slovene: cigan (sl) m., ciganka (sl) f.
- Spanish: gitano (es) m., gitana (es) f.
- Swedish: rom (sv), zigenare (sv), zigenerska (sv)
- Turkish: Roman (tr), Çingene (tr)
- Ukrainian: циган (uk) (cyhán) m., циганка (uk) (cyhánka) f.
- Vietnamese: người Di-gan (vi)
- Volapük: (male or female) zigan (vo), (male) hizigan (vo), (female) jizigan (vo), (older term) cipsan (vo)
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one of the stateless people
- Armenian: գնչու (hy) (gnču), գնչուհի (hy) (gnčuhi)
- Bulgarian: циганин (bg) (cíganin) m., циганка (bg) (cíganka) f.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 吉普賽人 (cmn), 吉普赛人 (cmn) (Jípǔsài-rén)
- Czech: Cikán (cs) m.
- Dutch: zigeuner m., zigeunerin f.
- Finnish: mustalainen (fi), romani (fi)
- French: tsigane (fr) m. and f.
- German: Zigeuner (de) m., Zigeunerin (de) f., Rom (de) m., Roma (de) m. pl., (German) Sinto (de), Sinti (de) m. pl.
- Greek: τσιγγάνος (el) (tsigános) m.
- Hungarian: cigány (hu)
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- Icelandic: Sígauni (is) m.
- Italian: zingaro (it) m., zingari (it) m. pl., zingara (it) f., zingare (it) f. pl.
- Japanese: ジプシー (ja) (Jipushī)
- Korean: 집시 (ko) (Jipsi)
- Norwegian: sigøyner m., sigøynerske f.
- Polish: cygan m., cyganka f.
- Portuguese: cigano (pt) m., cigana (pt) f.
- Russian: цыган (ru) (cygán) m., цыганка (ru) (cygánka) f.
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Циганин m., Циганка f.
- Roman: Ciganin m., Ciganka f.
- Turkish: Çingene, Roman, Kıpti.
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[edit] Proper noun
Gypsy
- (rare) The language of the Romani people; Romani.
[edit] Translations
the language of the Romani people
[edit] Adjective
Gypsy (not comparable)
- Of or belonging to the Romani people or one of it sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichel, etc). This term is sometimes considered pejorative.
- Of or belonging to the Gypsy race (Webster).
[edit] Translations
of or belonging to the Romani people
of or belonging to the Gypsy race
[edit] See also
[edit] References
Gypsy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
