From the same as tsiyah; a desert-dweller, i.e. Nomad or wild beast -- wild beast of the desert, that dwell in (inhabiting) the wilderness.
see HEBREW tsiyah
H6728. tsiyyi
II. [צִי] noun masculineJeremiah 50:39 a wild beast, properly either desert-dweller (denominative from צִיָּה, so most), or crier, yelper (√ *צוה = [yelp, Dozy], BaNB 188, compare Ew§ 146 g, note); — in any case a specific animal, but not certainly identified; BoHieroz. i, lib. 3, § 14, compare Arabic wild cat; — plural צִיִּים Isaiah 13:21 (feminine אִיִּים 13:22), 23:13; 34:14 (+ אִיִּים), Jeremiah 50:39 (id.; all betokening desolation); לְצ ׳לְעַם Psalm 74:14 (read צ ׳לְעַם Hup-Now Bae); apparently of people 72:9, but probably corrupt, Ol conjectures צָרִים ("" אֹיְבָיו), and so most moderns.