Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

tsiganology en · NOUN

Etymology

Compare tzigane

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The study of gypsies.
    • These "last words" in conclusion to this volume, should be understood as a personal reflection on what has transpired since the first conference in 2003, after my having participated in these four major events in Istanbul, Edirne and Ereğli, and as something of an overview of the current state of tsiganology (Romani Studies), in Turkey at present. 2016, Adrian Marsh, Elin Strand, Gypsies and the Problem of Identities: Contextual, Constructed and Contested:
    • As I have not to make here a study of Tsiganology, I shall confine myself to distinguishing precisely between the Boémiems of Belgium and the Nutons or prehistoric dwarfs. 1892, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, volume 3, page 134: