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Cigán
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cigan cigán cígǎn cígàn
Slovak
Etymology
Possibly from an sk grc - term meaning "untouchable"; compare the modern el - designations el Τσιγγάνος Τσιγγάνοι, el Αθίγγανος Αθίγγανοι.2004, Viorel Achim, The Roma in Romanian History (Bucharest), page 92007, Jean-Pierre Liégeois, Roma In Europe, page 171993, Struggling for Ethnic Identity: The Gypsies of Hungary (published by Human Rights Watch), page 1 Cognates include hu cigány, en tzigane, pl Cygan, ru цыган.
Noun
m-pr Cigánka cigánsky Cigánik Cigánisko
a Gypsy, a Roma
sk Róm
Usage notes
The term sk Cigán, still the prevailing term informally and in historical usage, is often intentionally derogatory. Careful speakers use the term sk Róm due to such connotations of the former.
Declension
m-pr
Proper noun
m-pr Cigánová
sk m
Declension
m-pr surn
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