gitan

Japanese: gitan
gitan


[name]
There are several names for gypsies in each European language. In English, they are called gypsies, which is a combination of Egyptian (Egyptian), in French they are called gitan, and in Spanish they are called gitano, all of which indicate that they were thought to have come from Egypt. In French they are also called bohémien (Bohemians) and tsigane (tzigane), the latter of which, like the German Zigeuner and the Italian Zingaro, comes from the fact that gypsies were called atsingani (meaning "pagans") in ancient Greece.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "gitan" are listed below.

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Japanese:


[名称]
 ヨーロッパの各国語には,ジプシーに対する呼名が,それぞれいくつかある。英語では,イジプシャンEgyptian(エジプト人)がつまったジプシー,フランス語ではジタンgitan,スペイン語ではヒタノgitanoと呼んでいるが,いずれも,彼らがエジプトから来た,と考えられたことを示している。フランス語では,ボエミアンbohémien(ボヘミア人),ツィガンtsigane(tzigane)とも呼ぶが,後者はドイツ語のツィゴイネルZigeuner,イタリア語のツィンガロzingaroなどと同じく,昔ギリシアでジプシーがアツィンガニ(〈異教徒〉の意)と呼ばれていたことに由来する。…

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