'Peaky Blinders' Is Full of Romani Words — What Does "Tickna Mora O'Beng" Mean?

Jun. 14 2022, Published 4:26 p.m. ET

Spoiler alert: This article incorporates spoilers for Season 6 of Peaky Blinders.

During the Season 6 premiere of Peaky Blinders, audience find Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) in Miquelon Island, Canada, 4 years because the jaw-dropping events of the fifth installment.

While in the Great White North, Tommy plans to embark on a few industry ventures. However, his keep involves an abrupt end once Lizzie (Natasha O'Keeffe) calls from Birmingham and informs her husband about their sick daughter.

On the telephone, Lizzie tells Tommy that Ruby (Orla McDonagh) is delirious, again and again muttering the Romani word, "Tickna mora o'beng." After listening to this, Tommy immediately freaks out and urges his wife to keep Ruby out of college, among different issues.

Wait, why is Tommy so scared? What does "Tickna mora o'beng" mean? Let's in finding out!

What does "Tickna mora o'beng" mean in 'Peaky Blinders'?

In an interview with Digital Spy, the author himself, Steven Knight, explained the meaning of "Tickna mora o'beng."

"It's difficult to translate from the Romani, but it means 'devil.' It means a bit more than that, but yeah," the 62-year-old screenwriter to the outlet. "So it's not good. It's not a good thing."

When speaking with Den of Geek in February 2022, Steven used to be requested if the devil in query refers to Tommy, to which he spoke back, "Tommy’s biggest fear is that it’s him, but it’s not." He persisted, "Tommy, in series six, and to an extent, series five, discovers that he’s a good man when he comes across something more evil than him."

"And when he does come across that evil — which is Fascism — he discovers that actually, he will do things against his own interest, to prevent that from happening, which I think is one definition of being good," Steven concluded.

OK, very fascinating ... So, with fascism as the primary evil of Peaky Blinders, that will have to mean Oswald Mosley (Sam Claflin) is the devil, right? For all we all know, Ruby's fever dream of a person with vivid green eyes could be him.

On the opposite hand, the green-eyed man might be referring to Michael Gray (Finn Cole), the strategic yet traitorous former Peaky Blinders member who is out to avenge his mom's — Aunt Polly — loss of life through killing his older cousin, Tommy.

This makes much more sense as a result of, because the start of Season 5, Michael and his spouse Gina (Anya Taylor-Joy) have been attempting to take over Shelby Company Limited. But, in relation to inexperienced eyes closely featured in Ruby's vision, it cannot be Michael ... or can it? Perhaps the fairway is regarding the jealously clouding Michael's imaginative and prescient.

Reddit fanatics knew "Tickna mora o'beng" foreshadowed Ruby's loss of life.

Following the epic Season 6 premiere — which aired Sunday, February 27 on BBC One — fanatics flocked to the Peaky Blinders subreddit to discuss the meaning of "Tickna mora o'beng."

On February 28, one Redditor shared information from the Angloromani dictionary, which broke down every phrase:

• "Tickna" — daughter, or little girl
• "Mora" — a variation of dying or kill
• "Beng" — devil, unhealthy, or evil one

"The literal translation appears to be 'daughter killed by the devil.' It's interesting that Gina referred to Tommy as the devil multiple times in the episode, but it's hard to imagine that Tommy would kill his own daughter," the unique Redditor wrote.

"It could be foreshadowing that Tommy will indirectly kill Ruby by starting a war with Michael, similar to how he indirectly killed Polly by getting involved with Mosley." Wow, this is honestly a really perfect interpretation.

All six seasons of Peaky Blinders at the moment are streaming on Netflix.

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