What does Tickna Morna mean?

Speaking to Digital Spy, the show's creator, Steven Knight, confirmed that the Romani words “Tickna mora o'beng” basically translates to “devil”.
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What does Tickna Mora mean in peaky blinders?

Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight said: 'It's difficult to translate from the Romani, but it means 'devil'. It means a bit more than that, but yeah. So it's not good. It's not a good thing. '
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What does Ruby say in peaky blinders?

Peaky Blinders returned with a bang last week as viewers saw Tommy Shelby set off to North America. However, the final scene left many viewers rather puzzled. Lizzie told Tommy their daughter, Ruby, had a fever dream and was repeating several Romani words - 'Tickna mora o'beng'.
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What does Mora mean in Romani?

“Mora” is the hardest word to translate, given that the only existing Romani glossary to list it translates it as “friend”, but that could be a worry with Lizzie's understanding of what Ruby said.
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What do the Gypsy words in peaky blinders mean?

While fans on social media have been speculating about what the words mean, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has now revealed all. "It's difficult to translate from the Romani, but it means 'devil'," he told Digital Spy.
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What does Tickner Maura O Beng mean in gypsy?

It is difficult to pin down exactly because there are different forms of the language, but 'Tickner' or 'Tikna' means little girl or daughter in Romany. while 'beng' means supernatural person, and can sometimes mean the Devil.
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Is Ruby Tommy Shelby's daughter?

Ruby Shelby was the daughter of Thomas Shelby and Lizzie Stark. She first appears when Lizzie is waiting for Thomas to come out of the voting hall, where he was representing South Birmingham for the Labour Party. Polly Shelby, her great-aunt, named her Ruby Shelby.
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Are the Peaky Blinders Irish or gypsy?

Set in the early 20th century in Birmingham, the show follows the Shelby family through their criminal dealings and sees them rise to wealthy, powerful aristocrats. The Shelbys are of Irish-Romani descent, referring to themselves and other Romani as “gypsies” in the show.
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How is Thomas Shelby a gypsy?

Thomas' parents were both Gypsies, making him and all of his siblings full-blooded Gypsies as well. It is implied by Thomas' paternal aunt, Polly Gray, that the Lee Family are the Shelby Family's kin, through their mother.
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Why did Tommy have a seizure?

He had tuberculoma in his brain stem, a growth caused by the same bacteria as the lung disease, doubtless picked up from daughter Ruby (Orla McDonagh). It wasn't infectious but it was inoperable. The symptoms (seizures, dissociation, hallucinations, sharp cheekbones – I may have added the last one) chimed with Tommy's.
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What did Tommy Shelby's daughter say in Romany?

The series six premiere ended on an ominous premnition. Tommy's daughter Ruby got sick, and in her feverish state “kept saying these Romani words, 'tickna mora… tickna mora o'beng, o'beng' over and over”, according to his wife Lizzie. She adds that their daughter could see a man with green eyes.
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Why does Tommy say in the bleak midwinter?

When John died, Tommy reminded Arthur about that day in France and encouraged him not to grieve the loss of John, as he had died that day at the Battle of the Somme. The quote “In the Bleak Midwinter” symbolises their second chance at life coming to an end.
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What does Tikna Mora mean gypsy?

They report that "Tickna" means little girl or daughter. Meanwhile, "Beng" is a supernatural being, often seen as the devil, and "Mora" translates to friend (according to the only existing Romani glossary that lists it).
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What did Sabini take from Tommy's mouth?

Their raid gains the attention of the other faction in London, the Jews, who invite him to a sit down. However, Thomas is set upon by Sabini and his thugs, who slice the inside of Thomas's mouth with the sharp end of a razor, while his sister Ada is also accosted.
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Why is Grace's wedding dress purple?

Tommy and his family have moved into a very posh mansion, where they held their wedding. Grace, it emerged, is free to marry him because her husband killed himself. She wore a lilac wedding dress to show she's in mourning.
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What language do Gypsies speak?

Romani, the common language of the Roma, the Sinti, the Kale and other European popula- tion groups summarised by the pejorative denomination gypsies, belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family and is the only New-Indo-Aryan language spo- ken exclusively outside of the Indian subcontinent.
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What is Thomas Shelby's accent?

Peaky Blinders main man Tommy Shelby is portrayed by Cillian Murphy who expertly changes his accent, from Irish to Brummie to play the iconic gangster. In a new video by the BBC, the actor can be heard speaking with his Irish accent as he details his character.
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Is Thomas Shelby Indian?

Thomas Michael Shelby was born in Birmingham, England around 1890 to an Irish Traveller and Romani family and grew up in the Small Heath neighborhood of Birmingham.
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Was Tommy Shelby a real person?

Was Thomas Shelby a real person? Nope! While some of the characters in Peaky Blinders are based on real historical figures (including politician Winston Churchill, trade unionist Jessie Eden, rival gang leader Billy Kimber and fascist leader Oswald Mosley) Cillian Murphy's character Tommy Shelby did not actually exist.
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Who is the GREY man with green eyes?

Sir Oswald Mosley, played by Sam Claflin

Who has green eyes, a huge banner of his face in greyscale, and has been called the Devil by Tommy Shelby? Yep, that would be one Sir Oswald Mosley.
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Who is the GREY man Peaky Blinders?

However, the Peaky Blinders finale exposed Dr Holford as The Gray Man. Dr Holford had been the family doctor for three years but had a fierce hatred of Gypsies. The doctor was recruited by Sir Oswald Mosley (Sam Clafin) to convince Tommy he was dying. Dr Holford was always seen in a grey suit and possessed green eyes.
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What disease does Ruby Shelby have?

Here's How Ruby Dies in Peaky Blinders

In the latest episode, Tommy and Lizzie take Ruby to the hospital, where doctors confirm that their daughter has Consumption, also known as Tuberculosis. At first, Ruby's one lung was infected; however, the infection spreads quickly to both the lungs.
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What is a pikey in British slang?

/ (ˈpaɪkɪ) / Save This Word! noun British slang, derogatory. a gypsy or vagrant.
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What is the Gypsy Black Madonna?

Van Gogh painted Gypsies in the Carmargue while living unhappily in Arles with Gauguin – and Saint-Maries' medieval church is home to Sara-la-Kali (aka Black Sara, aka the Black Madonna), the statuette the horsemen carry to the sea on the 24th.
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