cigány
tzigane
Byzantine
τσιγγάνος
zigano/zingaroGerman: Zigeuner, Middle High 
Cigäwnär
țigan
Cygan
Cikán
цыган
Jiddisch ציגײַנער
all these (and many more) derived from Old 
"çıgan" meaning "poor, verarmt, mittellos".
In Modern Çingene, the Persian version
Cigäwnär
țigan
Cygan
Cikán
цыган
Jiddisch ציגײַנער
all these (and many more) derived from Old "çıgan" meaning "poor, verarmt, mittellos".
In Modern Çingene, the Persian version*
çingene 
gypsy
ALL of those words below mean GYPSY (The Romani People)
and
ALL have the same Old Turkish root ‘çıgañ‘, meaning poor, mittellos
*
Modern Turks use Persian word ‚çingene‘ for that and this Persian word has also the same Old Turkish root Çıgañ, too!*
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