𐰲𐰃𐰍𐰪

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čï̄gań (“poor”). Compare also Greek τσιγγάνος (tsingános).

Adjective

𐰲𐰃𐰍𐰪 (čïɣań)

1. poor

   Synonym: 𐰴𐰺𐰀 (qara)

   Antonym: 𐰉𐰖 (bay)

   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E16

     𐰲𐰃𐰍𐰪𐰍:𐰉𐰖:𐰶𐰡𐰃:𐰔𐰃𐰍:𐰜𐰇𐱁:𐰶𐰡𐰃

     čïɣań:bay:qïltï:azïɣ:üküš:qïltï

     He made the poor rich and the few numerous.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “čïγań”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 323
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çığa:ñ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 408
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*čɨ̄gań”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill