Cigan

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Romanian Cig

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nosder.

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -anuslbor.

Romanian -an

Romanian Cigan

From Cig + -an.

Proper noun

Cigan m (genitive/dative lui Cigan)

1. a surname transferred from the place name

References

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983), Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎^[1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ultimately from Medieval Greek ἀθίγγανος (athínganos, “untouchable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sîɡaːn/
• Hyphenation: Ci‧gan

Noun

Cȉgān m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ци̏га̄н)

1. (offensive) male Gypsy

   Synonym: Gabelj

Declension

Declension of Cigan

	singular	plural
nominative	Cȉgān	Cȉgani
genitive	Cȉgāna	Cȉgāna
dative	Cȉgānu	Cȉgānima
accusative	Cȉgāna	Cȉgāne
vocative	Cȉgāne	Cȉgāni
locative	Cȉgānu	Cȉgānima
instrumental	Cȉgānom	Cȉgānima

Related terms

• Cȉganin