os

From Latin ossum, from os. Compare Romanian os.


pom

From Latin pōmus. Compare Daco-Romanian pom.


her

From Latin ferrum. Compare Daco-Romanian fier, Spanish hierro.


car

From Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros. Compare Romanian car.


son

From Latin sonus. Compare Daco-Romanian sun.


ver

head

ver m (plural veri, feminine equivalent vearã)

veri (plural)
equivalent vearã (feminine)

From Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) vērus. Compare Romanian văr.


not

From anot (“to swim”). Compare Italian nuoto, Portuguese nado.


lem

From Latin lignum. Compare Daco-Romanian lemn.


sin

From Latin sinus. Compare Romanian sân, Spanish seno.


mal

Albanian language
Proto-Albanian language
Romanian language
Vladimir Orel

Cognate to Daco-Romanian mal. From Proto-Albanian *mala (“mountain”) (Albanian mal). Proto-Albanian *mal- reflecting an ancient Balkan toponym. See Albanian mal (“mountain”) for more.


ore

ore f (plural or, definite articulation ora)


mer

From Late Latin mēlum, from Latin mālum. Compare Daco-Romanian măr.


mer

From Vulgar Latin *mēlus, from Latin mālus.


vache

vache f (plural vets, definite singular vaca)

From Latin vacca. Compare Romanian vacă.


meal

From Albanian mal, cognate to Aromanian mal and Romanian mal with the same origin.


cash

From Latin cāseus. Compare Romanian caș.


code

code f (plural codz, definite articulation coda)

From Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda. Compare Daco-Romanian coadă.


ape

ape f (plural api, definite articulation apa)


cot

coati (plural)
coate (plural)
coturi (plural)

From Latin cubitum. Compare Daco-Romanian cot.


cot

cots (plural)
coate (plural)
coati (plural)


ed

ed m (plural edz, feminine equivalent eadã)

From Latin haedus. Compare Romanian ied.


cornu

Inherited from Latin cornū. Cognate with Romanian corn.


cornu

Inherited from Latin cornus. Cognate with Romanian corn.


rob

rob m (plural roghi, feminine equivalent roabã)

roghi (plural)
equivalent roabã (feminine)

From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”). Compare Daco-Romanian rob.


nel

From Latin ānellus. Compare Romanian inel.


lumi

From Latin lūmen. See figurative meaning as the "light of life". Compare Megleno-Romanian lumi and Romanian lume.


pap

pachi (plural)
pãpãnj (plural)
pãpenj (plural)


hic

From Latin fīcus. Compare Megleno-Romanian ic, Spanish higo.


vale

From Latin vallis, vallem. Compare Romanian vale.


cap

From Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput. Plural form capiti from Latin capita. Compare Romanian cap.


ou

ou n (plural oauã, definite singular oulu, definite plural oauãli)

oauã (plural)
oulu (definite singular)
oauãli (definite plural)

Inherited from Classical Latin ōvum, possibly via Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum. Compare Romanian ou.


piper

From Greek πιπέρι (pipéri), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi).


sac

From Latin saccus. Compare Romanian sac.


fur

From Latin fūr. Compare archaic Daco-Romanian fur.


par

From Latin pālus. Compare Daco-Romanian par.


porc

From Latin porcus. Compare Romanian porc.


hir

From Latin fīlum. Compare Daco-Romanian fir.


plug

From a Slavic language, compare Proto-Slavic *plugъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz, *plōguz (“plough”). Compare also Daco-Romanian plug.


dor

Probably from Late Latin dolus (“pain, grief”), a derivative of Latin dolor (“pain”); alternatively, and less likely, from dolus (“trickery, deception”), from Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos). Compare Romanian dor.

wistfulness, melancholy, nostalgia, longing, desire


brad

Possibly borrowed from Old Albanian *bradh (modern bredh), or alternatively a substrate cognate of it, and ultimately from an Indo-European source either way (a borrowing directly from modern Albanian would have presumably produced a form *brez).


lac

From Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).


strop

Probably from Latin stroppus, from Ancient Greek στρόφος (stróphos, “rope”), from στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist”).


crier

Probably from Latin cerebrum through a Vulgar Latin root *crebrum or possibly from the diminutive form cerebellum through a root *crebellum (compare the variant form, also found in Megleno-Romanian, which seems to still preserve the -l-). Compare Romanian creier.


bush

bush (plural)
bushi (plural)
bushe (plural)


mai

From Latin Maius or Greek Μάιος (Máios). Compare Romanian mai.


minti

head

minti f (plural mintsã or mints, definite articulation mintea or mintia)

mintsã (plural)
mints (plural)
mintea (definite)
mintia (definite)

From Latin mentem, accusative singular of mēns, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis. Compare Romanian minte.


nod

From Latin nōdus. Compare Daco-Romanian nod.


sul

From Vulgar Latin *sublum, from *sūbulum, from Late Latin insūbulum, from Latin insuō + -bulum, or related to sūbula.


aslan

aslan m (feminine aslanã, plural aslanj, feminine plural aslani or aslane)

aslanã (feminine)
aslanj (plural)
aslani (feminine plural)
aslane (feminine plural)


drum

Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”). Compare Romanian drum.


abur

Possibly from Old Albanian *abul (compare modern avull) or cognate to it as a substrate word. Compare Romanian abur.


dul

dul m (plural dulj, feminine equivalent dulã)

dulj (plural)
equivalent dulã (feminine)


mosh

mosh m (plural mosh, feminine equivalent moashi)

mosh (plural)
equivalent moashi (feminine)

Uncertain; possibly a substratum term or related to Albanian moshë. Compare Romanian moș.


vas

From Latin vāsum. Compare Daco-Romanian vas.


stat

Borrowed from Italian stato or Latin status.


italian

italian m (plural italianj or italienj, definite singular italianlu, definite plural italianjlji or italienjlji)

italianj (plural)
italienj (plural)
italianlu (definite singular)
italianjlji (definite plural)
italienjlji (definite plural)

Italian (a person from Italy or of Italian descent)


cali

cali f (plural cãljuri or cheiur, definite singular calea or cala)

cãljuri (plural)
cheiur (plural)
calea (definite singular)
cala (definite singular)

From Latin callis, callem. Compare Romanian cale.


tsetse

tsetse f (plural tsetsi, definite singular tsetsa, definite plural tsetsili or tsetsãli)

tsetsi (plural)
tsetsa (definite singular)
tsetsili (definite plural)
tsetsãli (definite plural)


fluir

From or related to fluiarã / fluearã. Compare Romanian fluiera, fluier.


fluir

From the above, given the comparison of a bone to a flute; compare Romanian fluier; cf. also the semantic evolution in Latin tibia, which also possessed the sense of "flute".


nat

From Latin nātus (“born”). Compare Romanian nat (“personal, individual”).


curie

curíe (canonical feminine)
curii (plural)


sari

From Vulgar Latin sale, from Latin sāl, salem. Compare Romanian sare.


stari

From stau or from Latin stāre. Compare Romanian stare.


fet

From Latin fētus (“offspring, progreny”). Compare Daco-Romanian făt.


rug

Probably a semi-learned term or borrowing from Latin rogus, as with its Romanian cognate rug (or modeled after it). Less likely inherited.


plop

From Vulgar Latin *ploppus from classical Latin pōpulus. Compare Romanian plop.


peni

peni f (plural penj, definite articulation penia)

From Latin pānis, pānem. Cognate with Romanian pâine.


parti

parti f (plural pãrtsã or perts, definite articulation partea or partia)

pãrtsã (plural)
perts (plural)
partea (definite)
partia (definite)

From Latin pars, partem. Compare Romanian parte.


afin

From Latin daphne, with loss of initial 'd', from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”). Compare Romanian afin, also Calabrian afina ("laurel").


ete

From Latin aetas. Compare also Albanian jetë.


amari

amari f (plural amãri, definite articulation amarea or amara)

amãri (plural)
amarea (definite)
amara (definite)

From Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Compare Daco-Romanian mare.


arcu

arcuri (plural)
artsi (plural)
artse (plural)


puts

From Latin puteus. Compare Romanian puț.


masin

From masinã (“olive”). Compare Romanian măslin.


pup

pup m (plural pupi, feminine equivalent pupã)

pupi (plural)
equivalent pupã (feminine)


hore

hore f (plural hor, definite articulation hora)


curcubeu

From Vulgar Latin *circus bibit, literally, ‘ring that drinks’ (from bibere "to drink"), late variant of arcus bibit ‘rainbow’ (also cras pluit); compare Franco-Provençal arcboit, arboè, Ladin arcobuàn, Campanian arcovevere.


fundu

From Latin fundus. Compare Daco-Romanian fund.


cunji

Ultimately from Latin cūnae. This form perhaps came through Greek κούνια (koúnia).


sud

Borrowed from French sud. Compare Romanian sud.


brats

From Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). Compare Romanian braț.


agru

Inherited from Latin ager, agrum (“field, ground”).


frig

From Latin frīgus. Compare Daco-Romanian frig.


cal

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”). Compare Romanian cal.


anin

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *alīnus, from *alnīnus, from Latin alnus + -īnus. Compare Romanian anin, Megleno-Romanian rin.


estu

estu (feminine estã, masculine plural eshti or eshtsã, feminine plural esti or este)

estã (feminine)
eshti (masculine plural)
eshtsã (masculine plural)
esti (feminine plural)
este (feminine plural)


tatu

tatu f (plural tãtãnj, definite articulation tatul)


lupu

lupu m (plural luchi, feminine equivalent lupoanji or lupoanje or lupã)

luchi (plural)
equivalent lupoanji (feminine)
lupoanje (feminine)
lupã (feminine)

From Latin lupus from an Osco-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Romanian lup.


ordu

order, arrangement, array, string, chain, line, succession


mur

Inherited from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).


bou

head

bou m (plural boi, definite singular boulu)

From Latin bōvem, accusative singular of bōs, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *bovum. Compare Daco-Romanian bou.


oie

oie f (plural oi, definite articulation oia, definite plural oili)

oi (plural)
oia (definite)
oili (definite plural)

From Latin ovem, accusative of ovis. Compare Romanian oaie.


noapte

noapte f (definite articulation noaptea)


buf

From Late Latin būfus, probably of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate to Romanian buf and Megleno-Romanian buf. Less likely from Greek μπούφος (boúfos, “eagle owl”).


lup

From Latin lupus, from an Osco-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Romanian lup.


lume

From Latin lūmen. See figurative meaning as the "light of life". Compare Romanian lume.


gagan

gagan m (feminine gaganã, masculine plural gaganj, feminine plural gagani or gagane)

gaganã (feminine)
gaganj (masculine plural)
gagani (feminine plural)
gagane (feminine plural)

nickname (with the meaning of easily frightened) given to the Greeks by the Aromanians.


loc

From Latin locus. Compare Daco-Romanian loc.


grec

grec m (feminine greacã or grache, plural gretsã or grets, feminine plural greatsi or greatse or gretsi)

greacã (feminine)
grache (feminine)
gretsã (plural)
grets (plural)
greatsi (feminine plural)
greatse (feminine plural)
gretsi (feminine plural)

From Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). The variant form gãrcu may have been influenced by Albanian gërk, Proto-Slavic *grьkъ.

a Greek (man), a Hellene (a person of Greek descent)


gumar

gumar m (plural gumari, feminine equivalent gumarã)

gumari (plural)
equivalent gumarã (feminine)


jali

From a Common Slavic *žalь. Compare Romanian jale.


jale

From a Common Slavic žalĩ. Compare Romanian jale.


mats

From Latin matia, probably remade from the plural form. Compare Romanian maț, mațe; also Sardinian matza (“belly”), macia, massa, matta.


capre

From Latin capra. Compare Romanian capră.


carni

carni f (plural cãrnuri or cãrnji, definite singular carnea)

cãrnuri (plural)
cãrnji (plural)
carnea (definite singular)

From Latin carō, carnem. Compare Daco-Romanian carne.


categoria

Borrowed from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría).


frate

fratele (accusative definite nominative singular)
fratslji (accusative definite nominative plural)
a fratelui (dative definite genitive singular)
a fratslor (dative definite genitive plural)

From Latin frāter, frātrem. Compare Romanian frate.


ushi

From Vulgar Latin *ustia, from Latin ostia < ostium. Compare Romanian ușă.


muc

From Latin muccus, from mūcus. Compare Daco-Romanian muc.


nai

From Latin nāvis. Compare archaic Romanian naie.


fus

fusi (plural)
fuse (plural)
fusuri (plural)


buric

buric n (plural buricuri, definite articulation buriclu)

From Latin umbilīcus, probably through a later Vulgar Latin root *umbulicus. Compare Romanian buric, Sicilian buddicu.


punti

From Latin pontem, singular accusative of pōns. Compare Romanian punte.


lucru

lucru n (plural lucri or lucre, and lucruri)

lucri (plural)
lucre (plural)
lucruri (plural)

From the verb lucredz or Latin lucrum. Compare Romanian lucru.


xen

xen m (plural xenj, feminine equivalent xeanã)

xenj (plural)
equivalent xeanã (feminine)


piane

piane f (plural peni, definite articulation piana)


frati

From Latin frāter. Compare Romanian frate.


cumnat

cumnat m (plural cumnats, feminine equivalent cumnatã, feminine plural cumnati or cumnate)

cumnats (plural)
equivalent cumnatã (feminine)
cumnati (feminine plural)
cumnate (feminine plural)

From Latin cognātus (“related by blood”). Compare Romanian cumnat, Dalmatian comnut.


socru

socru m (plural socri, feminine equivalent soacrã)

socri (plural)
equivalent soacrã (feminine)

From Late Latin socrus m, from Latin socer, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros. Compare Romanian socru.


scriitor

scriitor m (plural scriitori, feminine equivalent scriitoari)

scriitori (plural)
equivalent scriitoari (feminine)

scriu + -tor; compare Romanian scriitor.


uin

From Latin ovīnus. Compare Romanian oină.


mene

mene f (plural menj, definite articulation mena)


surin

From soari or possibly from Vulgar Latin *solīnus (“sunny”), from Latin sol. Compare Megleno-Romanian surin.


mustu

From Latin mustum. Compare Romanian must.

unfermented wine; grape or other fruit juice


mamã

From Latin mamma. Compare Daco-Romanian mamă.


stur

Uncertain. Possibly from Latin stylus, stilus. Compare Romanian stur. Cf. also Albanian shtyllë.


vali

vali f (plural vãljuri, definite articulation valea)

From Latin vallis, vallem. Compare Romanian vale.


munti

munti m (definite singular muntili, plural muntsã, definite plural muntsãlj)

munti m or (canonical)
muntili (definite singular)
muntsã (plural)
muntsãlj (definite plural)
muntãli (definite singular)
munts (plural)
muntsie (definite plural)


ursu

From Latin ursus. Compare Romanian urs. This masculine form has almost disappeared in Aromanian, while the feminine ursã has come to be extended to both sexes.


sclav

sclav m (plural sclayi, feminine equivalent sclavã)

sclayi (plural)
equivalent sclavã (feminine)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus (“Slav”). Doublet of shcljau.


vrut

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *volūtum, past participle for volēre. Compare Romanian vrut.

(male) lover, sweetheart, beloved, boyfriend


slab

From a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *slàbъ. Compare Romanian slab, Bulgarian and Macedonian слаб (slab), Serbo-Croatian slȁb.


puet

head

puet m (plural puets, definite singular puetlu, definite plural puetslji)

puets (plural)
puetlu (definite singular)
puetslji (definite plural)


dinte

From Latin dēns, dentem. Compare Romanian dinte.


istu

istu (feminine istã, plural ishti or ishtsã, feminine plural isti or iste)

istã (feminine)
ishti (plural)
ishtsã (plural)
isti (feminine plural)
iste (feminine plural)


dzã

dzãli (plural)
dzãle (plural)
dzuã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
unã dzuã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
dzua (accusative definite nominative singular)
(nishti, nishte) dzãli (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
dzãle (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
dzãlili (accusative definite nominative plural)
dzãlile (accusative definite nominative plural)
a (unei) dzuã (dative genitive indefinite singular)
dzãli (dative genitive indefinite singular)
dzãle (dative genitive indefinite singular)
ali (dative definite genitive singular)
ale dzuã (dative definite genitive singular)
dzãli (dative definite genitive singular)
dzãle (dative definite genitive singular)
a dzuãljei (dative definite genitive singular)
dzãliljei (dative definite genitive singular)
dzãleljei (dative definite genitive singular)
a (unor) dzãli (dative genitive indefinite plural)
dzãle (dative genitive indefinite plural)
a dzãlilor (dative definite genitive plural)
dzãliloru (dative definite genitive plural)
dzãlelor (dative definite genitive plural)
dzãleloru (dative definite genitive plural)


porche

From Latin porca. Compare Romanian poarcă.


lunã

lunã f (plural luni or lune, definite articulation luna)

lunã f or (canonical)
luni (plural)
lune (plural)
luna (definite)
lunj (plural)

From Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Compare Romanian lună.


apã

apã f (plural api, definite articulation apa)


funi

funi f (plural funj, definite articulation funea)

From Latin fūnis, fūnem. Compare Romanian funie.


vultur

From Latin vultur or vulturius. Compare Romanian vultur.


murar

From moarã + -ar or from Latin molārius. Compare Romanian morar.


limbã

limbã f (plural limbi or limbe, definite articulation limba)

limbi (plural)
limbe (plural)
limba (definite)
limbã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
unã limbã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
limba (accusative definite nominative singular)
(nishti, nishte) limbi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
limbe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
limbili (accusative definite nominative plural)
limbile (accusative definite nominative plural)
a (unei) limbã (dative genitive indefinite singular)
limbi (dative genitive indefinite singular)
limbe (dative genitive indefinite singular)
ali (dative definite genitive singular)
ale limbã (dative definite genitive singular)
limbi (dative definite genitive singular)
limbe (dative definite genitive singular)
a limbãljei (dative definite genitive singular)
limbiljei (dative definite genitive singular)
limbeljei (dative definite genitive singular)
a (unor) limbi (dative genitive indefinite plural)
limbe (dative genitive indefinite plural)
a limbilor (dative definite genitive plural)
limbiloru (dative definite genitive plural)
limbelor (dative definite genitive plural)
limbeloru (dative definite genitive plural)

From Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare to Romanian limbă.


dzenuclju

dzenuclju n (plural dzenuclji or dzenuclje)


oclju

From Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus; compare to Daco-Romanian ochi.


tser

From earlier tsel, from Latin caelum. Compare Daco-Romanian cer.


tser

From Latin cerrus. Compare Daco-Romanian cer.


ljepure

ljepure m (plural ljepuri, definite singular ljepurlu, definite plural ljepurlji)

ljepuri (plural)
ljepurlu (definite singular)
ljepurlji (definite plural)


ãnveastã

ãnveasti (plural)
ãnveaste (plural)
ãnveasta (definite)

From Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *nevěsta. Compare to Daco-Romanian nevastă.


lacãrmã

From Latin lācrima. Compare Daco-Romanian lacrimă, lacrămă.


lunjinã

lunjinã f (plural lunjinj, definite articulation lunjina)

From Latin lūmina, plural of lūmen. Compare to Daco-Romanian lumină.


sãndze

From Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis. Compare to Daco-Romanian sânge.


ular

From oalã + -ar or from Late Latin ollārius, from Latin olla. Compare Romanian olar.


mascur

From Latin masculus. Compare to Daco-Romanian mascur.


agiutor

agiutor n (plural agiutoari or agiutoare)

From Latin adiūtōrium. Compare to Daco-Romanian ajutor.


furnigã

From Latin formīca. Compare to Daco-Romanian furnică.


frãndzã

frãndzã f (plural frãndzã, definite singular frãndza, definite plural frãndzãli)

frãndzã (plural)
frãndza (definite singular)
frãndzãli (definite plural)

From Late Latin frondia n pl, a collective noun derived from Classical Latin frondeus (“leafy”). Compare Romanian frunză.


armãneashce

From armãn + -eashce. Compare Daco-Romanian românește.


sots

From Latin socius. Compare Romanian soț.


educatsie

educatsie f (definite singular educatsia)

Borrowed from Latin educatio. Compare to Daco-Romanian educație.


shciintsã

shciintsã f (definite articulation shciintsa)


sug

From Latin sabūcus, variant of sambūcus. Compare Romanian soc.


revistã

From Italian rivista through Romanian revistă.


prublemã

prublemã f (plural prublemi, definite singular prublema, definite plural prublemili)

prublemi (plural)
prublema (definite singular)
prublemili (definite plural)

From Latin problema (probably a borrowing), from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma).


hilj

From Latin fīlius. Compare Daco-Romanian fiu, Spanish hijo.


tati

From Latin tata. Compare Daco-Romanian tată.


arici

From Latin erīcius. Compare Romanian arici.


frut

frut n . (canonical)
fruti (plural)
frute (plural)

Borrowed from Greek φρούτο (froúto). Ultimately from Latin fructus.


tigru

tigru m (plural tigri, feminine tigroanji or tigroanje)

tigri (plural)
tigroanji (feminine)
tigroanje (feminine)


drac

drac m (plural drats, definite singular draclu, definite plural dratslji or dratsie)

drats (plural)
draclu (definite singular)
dratslji (definite plural)
dratsie (definite plural)

From Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare Megleno-Romanian and Daco-Romanian drac.


virin

From Latin venēnum, either directly or via the later form venīnum. Compare Romanian venin.


njeri

From Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mellem, accusative of mel. Compare to Romanian miere.


platan

From Greek πλάτανος (plátanos). Compare the doublet paltin. Cf. also Romanian platan.


aprir

From Latin Aprīlis. Compare to Romanian prier, popular variant form of the standard aprilie. Cf. also Albanian prill.


alj

From Latin allium, alium. Compare regional Romanian ai.


buti

From Late Latin buttis, probably of Ancient Greek origin. Compare Romanian bute.


luminari

From Late Latin lūmināria, neuter plural of lūmināre, from Latin lūmen (“light”). Compare Romanian lumânare.


mucan

mucan m (feminine mucanã, masculine plural mucanj, feminine plural mucani or mucane)

mucanã (feminine)
mucanj (masculine plural)
mucani (feminine plural)
mucane (feminine plural)

(informal, occasionally slightly pejorative) Romanian


zbor

zbor n (plural zboarã or zboari/zboare/zbori)

zboarã (plural)
zboari (plural)
zboare (plural)
zbori (plural)

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, most likely Macedonian збор (zbor, “word”), where the transformation from "meeting, gathering" to "word" occurred in the same way as the Aromanian synonym cuvendã (“word”) from Latin conventum or Albanian kuvend; compare Proto-Slavic *sъborъ (“meeting, gathering”) (Serbo-Croatian zbȍr/збо̏р). Akin to zburãscu (“speak”). Not related to Romanian zbor (“flight”).


zbor

Compare Daco-Romanian zbor. Related to or derived from azboair, or taken from the Romanian word.


pulmu

From Latin pugnus. Compare Romanian pumn.


vulpi

From Latin vulpēs, vulpem. Compare Romanian vulpe.


pangu

From Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ. Compare Romanian paing.


cãsãbã

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cãsãbã f (plural cãsãbadz, definite articulation cãsãbãlu, definite plural cãsãbadzlji)

cãsãbadz (plural)
cãsãbãlu (definite)
cãsãbadzlji (definite plural)

From Turkish kasaba, from Ottoman Turkish قصبه, from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).


arãu

From Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus (“brook, small stream”). Compare to Gascon arriu, Sardinian arriu, Romanian râu.


agustu

From Vulgar Latin agustus, from Latin augustus. Compare Romanian agust.


maiu

From Latin māius or Greek Μάιος (Máios). Compare Romanian mai.


prun

From Latin prūnus, from Ancient Greek προύνη (proúnē).


tusi

From Latin tussis, tussem. Compare Romanian tuse.


merdu

Probably from Italian merda, cf. French merde. Ultimately from Latin merda.


argat

argat m (plural argats, feminine equivalent argatã)

argats (plural)
equivalent argatã (feminine)

From Ottoman Turkish ارغاد (ırgat), from Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs).


furnicar

furnicar n (plural furnicari or furnicare)

Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *formīcārium, from Latin formīca. Compare Romanian furnicar.


niau

niau f (plural neuri, definite articulation niaua)

From Latin nix, nivem. Compare Romanian nea.


seti

From Latin sitis, sitem. Compare Romanian sete.

Mor di seti.

Mi lo setia.


sharpi

From Vulgar Latin serpes, from Latin serpēns. Compare Romanian șarpe.


cuib

From Vulgar Latin *clubium, from Ancient Greek κλυβίον (klubíon). Compare Romanian cuib.


musafir

From Ottoman Turkish مسافر (müsâfir, “guest”), from Arabic مُسافِر (musāfir, “traveller”).


foame

From Latin famēs. Compare Romanian foame.


paltin

From Vulgar Latin *plātinus, from Latin platanus (“plane tree”), itself from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).


pescu

From Latin piscis, probably made into a singular form analogically from the variant peashti. Compare Romanian pește, Istro-Romanian peşt. Compare also Albanian peshk, Dalmatian pasc, and Istriot piso.


codru

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *codrum. Compare Romanian codru.


gãljinã

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gãljinã f (plural gãlinj, definite articulation gãljina)

From Latin gallina. Compare Romanian găină.


bucium

From Latin būcinum, having lost the original meaning; compare, however, the secondary sense of Romanian bucium.


sorã

From Latin soror, possibly through a Vulgar Latin *sora. Compare Daco-Romanian and Megleno-Romanian soră.


areati

From Latin aries, arietem. Compare Romanian arete.


oai

oai f (plural oi, definite articulation oaea, definite plural oili)

oi (plural)
oaea (definite)
oili (definite plural)

From Latin ovem, accusative of ovis. Compare Romanian oaie.


cuscru

cuscru m (plural cuscri, feminine equivalent cuscrã)

cuscri (plural)
equivalent cuscrã (feminine)

From Latin cōnsocerum, accusative of cōnsocer. Compare Daco-Romanian cuscru.

co-father-in-law (e.g. father of a son or daughter-in-law)


capit

From an alteration of Latin capita, or a derivative of cap (“head”). Compare Romanian capăt.


mãnã

mãnã f (plural mãnj, definite articulation mãna)

From Vulgar Latin *mana, from Latin manus. Compare Romanian mână, Megleno-Romanian mǫnă, Istro-Romanian măre.


nari

nari f (plural nãri, definite articulation narea)

From Latin nāris. Compare Daco-Romanian nară.


fructu

Borrowed from Latin fructus. Compare Romanian fruct.


gustu

From Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. Compare Romanian gust.


curti

From Latin cōrtem, accusative of cōrs, shortened form of cohors. Compare Romanian curte.


ficior

ficior m (plural ficiori, definite articulation ficiorlu, definite plural ficiorlji)

ficiori (plural)
ficiorlu (definite)
ficiorlji (definite plural)

Probably from Vulgar Latin *fētiolus, from Latin fetus. Compare Romanian fecior.


soari

From Latin sōl, sōlem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Compare Romanian soare.


utri

utsrã (plural)
utri (plural)
utre (plural)


cneaz

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь (“prince”), from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.


nior

From Latin nūbilum, noun use of the neuter of the adjective nūbilus (“cloudy”), from Latin nūbēs, Compare Romanian nor.


dinti

From Latin dēns, dentem. Compare Romanian dinte.


chilar

Borrowed from Greek κελάρι (kelári) (compare also Albanian qilar), itself from Late Latin cellarium. Compare the synonym and doublet tsilar, inherited from the same Latin source.


licurici

Compare Romanian licurici. Related to licur and licuredz.


luntri

From Latin lunter, luntrem, variant of linter. Compare Romanian luntre.


blid

From Common Slavic bljudŭ. Compare Romanian blid.


semnu

From Latin signum. Compare (Daco)-Romanian semn.


bãrbat

bãrbat m (plural bãrbats, definite singular bãrbatlu, definite plural bãrbatslji)

bãrbats (plural)
bãrbatlu (definite singular)
bãrbatslji (definite plural)

From Latin barbātus. Compare Romanian bărbat.


shcurtu

Probably from February being the shortest month. Compare also Albanian shkurt, shkurti, also meaning February.


njic

njic m (plural njits, feminine equivalent njicã or njiche)

njits (plural)
equivalent njicã (feminine)
njiche (feminine)

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *miccus, from Ancient Greek μῑκκός (mīkkós, “small”), variant of μικρός (mikrós). Compare Megleno-Romanian and Romanian mic and Sicilian nicu.


broascã

→ Greek: μπράσκα (bráska)

Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *brosca, from *broscus, possibly related to Ancient Greek βροτάχος (brotákhos), whence also broatic. Compare Romanian broască, Albanian breshkë.


armãneascã

armãneascã f (definite nominative armãneasca)

From armãn + -eascã, feminine of -escu. Compare Daco-Romanian (limba) românească.


tatã

From Latin tata. Compare Daco-Romanian tată.


cãntic

From Latin canticum. Compare Romanian cântec.


yermu

From Latin vermis. Compare Romanian vierme, Megleno-Romanian ghermi, Sicilian vemmu, vermu, Venetian vermo.


featã

featã f (plural feati or feate, definite articulation feata)

feati (plural)
feate (plural)
feata (definite)
featã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
unã featã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
feata (accusative definite nominative singular)
(nishti, nishte) feati (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
feate (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
featili (accusative definite nominative plural)
featile (accusative definite nominative plural)
a (unei) featã (dative genitive indefinite singular)
feati (dative genitive indefinite singular)
feate (dative genitive indefinite singular)
ali (dative definite genitive singular)
ale featã (dative definite genitive singular)
feati (dative definite genitive singular)
feate (dative definite genitive singular)
a featãljei (dative definite genitive singular)
featiljei (dative definite genitive singular)
feateljei (dative definite genitive singular)
a (unor) feati (dative genitive indefinite plural)
feate (dative genitive indefinite plural)
a featilor (dative definite genitive plural)
featiloru (dative definite genitive plural)
featelor (dative definite genitive plural)
feateloru (dative definite genitive plural)

From Latin fēta (“woman who has just given birth”), substantivization of the adjective fētus. Compare Romanian fată.


piduclju

From Late Latin peduclus, from peduculus, from Latin pediculus, from pedis. Compare Romanian păduche, Megleno-Romanian piducľu, Istro-Romanian peducľu.


cicior

From Late Latin petiolus, from a root *pediciolus, diminutive of Latin pedīculus, diminutive of pēs. Compare Daco-Romanian picior.


primuvearã

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primuvearã f (plural primuveri, definite articulation primuveara)

primuveri (plural)
primuveara (definite)

Inherited from Late Latin prīma vēra (“early spring”), derived from Latin ver (“spring”). Compare Romanian primăvară, Albanian pranverë, Italian primavera.


pãne

From Latin pānis, pānem. Cognate with Romanian pâne.


virdzeauã

From Late Latin virgella, diminutive of Latin virgula, itself a diminutive of virga. Compare Megleno-Romanian virdzeauă, Romanian vergea.

stick used in the rolling of the warp over the roller of the loom


virghirã

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virghirã f (plural virghiri or virghire, masculine equivalent virghir)

virghiri (plural)
virghire (plural)
equivalent virghir (masculine)

Probably from Latin virgō, virginem. Compare Romanian vergură.


cheptu

cheptu n (plural chepturi, definite articulation cheptul, definite plural chepturli)

chepturi (plural)
cheptul (definite)
chepturli (definite plural)

From Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic *pektos, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). Compare Romanian piept, Megleno-Romanian kľeptu.


gioc

From Latin jocus, iocus. Compare Romanian joc.


armãn

armãn m (feminine armãnã, masculine plural armãnj, feminine plural armãni or armãne, definite singular armãnlu, definite feminine singular armãna, definite plural armãnjlji, definite feminine plural armãnili)

armãnã (feminine)
armãnj (masculine plural)
armãni (feminine plural)
armãne (feminine plural)
armãnlu (definite singular)
armãna (definite feminine singular)
armãnjlji (definite plural)
armãnili (definite feminine plural)

→ Greek: Αρμάνος m (Armános)

→ Romanian: armân m / aromân m

Inherited from Latin rōmānus. Compare Daco-Romanian român (c-o form in older times rumân "both were used"), Istro-Romanian rumăr. The initial a- is a common phonological development in Aromanian words deriving from Latin words beginning with r-.

Aromanian (a person of Aromanian descent)


popul

From Latin populus. Compare Romanian popor.

Populu armãnescu.


fumelj

From the plural of fumealji. Compare also Albanian fëmijë ("child"). The relationship with this word is uncertain; the Albanian may be a borrowing directly from Latin or from an Eastern Romance/Romanian language.


mielmã

mielmi (plural)
mielme (plural)
mielmã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
unã mielmã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mielma (accusative definite nominative singular)
(nishti, nishte) mielmi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mielme (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mielmili (accusative definite nominative plural)
mielmile (accusative definite nominative plural)
a (unei) mielmã (dative genitive indefinite singular)
mielmi (dative genitive indefinite singular)
mielme (dative genitive indefinite singular)
ali (dative definite genitive singular)
ale mielmã (dative definite genitive singular)
mielmi (dative definite genitive singular)
mielme (dative definite genitive singular)
a mielmãljei (dative definite genitive singular)
mielmiljei (dative definite genitive singular)
mielmeljei (dative definite genitive singular)
a (unor) mielmi (dative genitive indefinite plural)
mielme (dative genitive indefinite plural)
a mielmilor (dative definite genitive plural)
mielmiloru (dative definite genitive plural)
mielmelor (dative definite genitive plural)
mielmeloru (dative definite genitive plural)


arpã

From Latin alapa (“blow, slap, smack”), or ālipēs, ultimately from āla. Compare Daco-Romanian aripă.


simintsã

From Late Latin sementia, plural of sementium, neuter form derived from Latin sēmentis, itself derived from sēmen (“seed”). Compare Romanian sămânță, Megleno-Romanian siminţă.


tsicoarã

From a Vulgar Latin root *cichōria, from Latin cichōrium, ultimately from Ancient Greek κιχόριον (kikhórion). Compare Romanian cicoare.


lemnu

From Latin lignum. Compare Romanian lemn.


coadã

coadã f (plural codz or coadi / coade, definite articulation coada)

codz (plural)
coadi (plural)
coade (plural)
coada (definite)

From Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda. Compare Daco-Romanian coadă.


peanã

peani (plural)
peane (plural)
peana (definite)

From Latin penna. Compare Romanian pană.


Njercuri

Njercuri f (plural Njercuri, definite singular Njercurea, definite plural Njercurli)

Njercuri (plural)
Njercurea (definite singular)
Njercurli (definite plural)

From Latin (diēs) Mercuriī. Compare Romanian miercuri.


cãlcãnju

From Latin calcāneum. Compare Daco-Romanian călcâi.


lingurã

From Latin lingula. Compare Daco-Romanian lingură.


chiatrã

chetri (plural)
chetsrã (plural)
chetsãri (plural)
chetsuri (plural)

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). Compare Romanian piatră.


tsarã

tsarã f (plural tsãruri, definite articulation tsara)

From Latin terra. Compare Romanian țară.


fãrinã

fãrinã f (plural fãrinj or fãrinuri, definite articulation fãrina)

fãrinj (plural)
fãrinuri (plural)
fãrina (definite)

From Latin farīna. Compare Daco-Romanian făină.


pimintu

From Latin pavimentum, possibly through attested Vulgar Latin paumentum. Compare Romanian pământ.


numã

numã f (plural numi or nume, definite articulation numa)

numi (plural)
nume (plural)
numa (definite)

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Compare Romanian nume.


gurã

gurã f (plural guri or gure, definite articulation gura)

guri (plural)
gure (plural)
gura (definite)

From Latin gula. Compare Daco-Romanian gură.


yitsãl

yitsãl m (plural yitsãlj, feminine equivalent yitsauã)

yitsãlj (plural)
equivalent yitsauã (feminine)

From Latin vitellus. Compare Daco-Romanian vițel.


njel

njel m (plural njelj or njei, feminine njauã or njalã)

njelj (plural)
njei (plural)
njauã (feminine)
njalã (feminine)

From Latin agnellus. Compare Romanian miel.


hicat

From Late Latin fīcātum (“liver”), from Latin iecur fīcātum (“fig-stuffed liver”). Compare Daco-Romanian ficat, Spanish hígado.


pãrumbu

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pãrumbu m (feminine equivalent pãrumbã, plural pãrunghi, feminine plural pãrumbi or pãrumbe)

equivalent pãrumbã (feminine)
pãrunghi (plural)
pãrumbi (feminine plural)
pãrumbe (feminine plural)

From Latin palumbus. Compare Daco-Romanian porumb, porumbel.


frãmti

From Latin frontem, accusative singular of frons. Compare Daco-Romanian frunte.


inimã

inimã f (plural inimi or inime or ininj, definite articulation inima)

inimi (plural)
inime (plural)
ininj (plural)
inima (definite)

From Latin anima. Compare Daco-Romanian inimă.


spatã

From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Compare Romanian spată.


caprã

capri (plural)
capre (plural)
cãpri (plural)
cãpre (plural)
cãpãri (plural)

From Latin capra. Compare Romanian capră.


budzã

budzã f (plural budzã, definite articulation budza, definite plural budzãli)

budzã (plural)
budza (definite)
budzãli (definite plural)

Compare Romanian buză, Albanian buzë; it may be derived/borrowed from the Albanian.


sãpune

sãpune f (definite articulation sãpunea)


shcoarci

Probably ultimately from Latin scortea. Compare Romanian scoarță.


numir

From Latin humerus, umerus, with the initial 'n-' added as a prefix later, or formed from un umir.


tavru

From Latin taurus. Compare Romanian taur.


marmar

Borrowed from Greek μάρμαρο (mármaro), from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).


dzuã

dzãli (plural)
dzãle (plural)
dzuã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
unã dzuã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
dzua (accusative definite nominative singular)
(nishti, nishte) dzãli (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
dzãle (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
dzãlili (accusative definite nominative plural)
dzãlile (accusative definite nominative plural)
a (unei) dzuã (dative genitive indefinite singular)
dzãli (dative genitive indefinite singular)
dzãle (dative genitive indefinite singular)
ali (dative definite genitive singular)
ale dzuã (dative definite genitive singular)
dzãli (dative definite genitive singular)
dzãle (dative definite genitive singular)
a dzuãljei (dative definite genitive singular)
dzãliljei (dative definite genitive singular)
dzãleljei (dative definite genitive singular)
a (unor) dzãli (dative genitive indefinite plural)
dzãle (dative genitive indefinite plural)
a dzãlilor (dative definite genitive plural)
dzãliloru (dative definite genitive plural)
dzãlelor (dative definite genitive plural)
dzãleloru (dative definite genitive plural)

Inherited from Latin diēs. Compare Romanian zi, ziua.


arinã

arinã f (plural arinj, definite articulation arina)

From Latin arēna. Compare Daco-Romanian arină, Sicilian rina.


neao

From Latin nix, nivem. Compare Romanian nea.


gljets

From Vulgar Latin *glacium, -a. Compare Romanian gheață f.


vimtu

From Latin ventus. Compare Romanian vânt.


cinushe

From a Vulgar Latin root *cinusia (“ash”), from Latin cinus, a less common variant of cinis. Compare Romanian cenușă.


boatse

boatse f (definite articulation boatsea)


casã

casi (plural)
case (plural)
cãsuri (plural)


dzeadzit

dzeadzit n (plural dzeadziti or dzeadzite)

From Latin digitus. Compare Megleno-Romanian zeazit, Romanian deget.


arosh

From Latin russus or roseus. Compare Romanian roșu.


aush

aush m (plural aush or aushanj, definite singular aushlu, definite plural aushlji)

aush (plural)
aushanj (plural)
aushlu (definite singular)
aushlji (definite plural)

Probably from Latin avus with a diminutive ending -ush added later. Compare Daco-Romanian auș.


ãndreptu

From ãn- + dreptu, the latter element from Late Latin drictus; see there for further etymology. Compare Daco-Romanian drept.


cãrunã

cãrunã f (plural cãruni or cãrune or cãrunj)

cãruni (plural)
cãrune (plural)
cãrunj (plural)

From Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Compare Daco-Romanian cunună.


avgustu

Ultimately from Latin augustus, but this form, unlike the variant, may have come through a Greek intermediate Αύγουστος (Ávgoustos).


anghil

From Greek άγγελος (ángelos) but ultimately origin uncertain. Probably from a Greek loan word, and probably related to ἄγγαρος (ángaros, “Persian mounted courier”) (whence Latin angarius), which is probably from an East Asian language (see also Sanskrit अजिरा (ajirā, “agile, swift”)). Klein suggests Semitic; but it could also be from Pre-Greek.


njilje

From Latin mīlia, plural of mīlle. Compare Romanian mie.


Dumnidzã

Dumnidzã m (plural Dumnidzadz, definite singular Dumnidzãlu, definite plural Dumnidzadzlji)

Dumnidzadz (plural)
Dumnidzãlu (definite singular)
Dumnidzadzlji (definite plural)

From Latin Domine Deus. Compare Romanian Dumnezeu.

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somnu

From Latin somnus. Compare Romanian somn.


fatsã

fãts (plural)
fatsi (plural)
fatse (plural)

From Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs. Compare Romanian față.


vacã

vacã f (plural vãts, definite singular vaca)

From Latin vacca. Compare Romanian vacă.


bãsearicã

bãsearicã f (plural bãserits, definite singular bãsearica, definite plural bãseritsli)

bãserits (plural)
bãsearica (definite singular)
bãseritsli (definite plural)

From Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ). Compare Romanian băsearică (obsolete).


crishtin

crishtin m (masculine plural crishtinj, feminine crishtinã, feminine plural crishtini or crishtine)

crishtinj (masculine plural)
crishtinã (feminine)
crishtini (feminine plural)
crishtine (feminine plural)

From Latin Christianus, itself from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós). Compare Daco-Romanian creștin.


crutse

crutse f (definite articulation crutsea)

From Latin crux, crucem. Compare Daco-Romanian cruce.


barbã

barbã f (plural bãrghi, definite articulation barba)

From Latin barba. Compare Romanian barbă.


tsearã

tsearã f (plural tseri, definite articulation tseara)

From Latin cēra. Compare Romanian ceară.


cãmeashã

From Late Latin camisia. Compare Daco-Romanian cămașă, Albanian këmishë.


curunã

curuni (plural)
curune (plural)
curunj (plural)

From Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Compare Romanian cunună.


cãstãnj

Inherited from Latin castaneum or castaneus. The Daco-Romanian equivalent castan, on the other hand, is a later loanword.


cireashã

From Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin. Compare Romanian cireașă.


coastã

From Latin costa. Compare Romanian coastă.


tserclju

A 'nativized' borrowing of Italian cerchio, cf. the alternative forms above, or (less likely) inherited from Latin circulus.


ariciu

From Latin erīcius. Compare Romanian arici.


misurã

From Latin mensūra. Compare Romanian măsură.


vitsin

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vitsin m (plural vitsinj, feminine equivalent vitsinã, feminine plural vitsini or vitsine)

vitsinj (plural)
equivalent vitsinã (feminine)
vitsini (feminine plural)
vitsine (feminine plural)

From Late Latin vēcīnus, from Latin vīcīnus. Compare Daco-Romanian vecin.


giudets

From Latin jūdicium, iūdicium. Compare Romanian județ.


nipot

nipot m (plural nipots, feminine equivalent nipoatã)

nipots (plural)
equivalent nipoatã (feminine)

From Latin nepos, nepōtem. Compare Romanian nepot.


fãntãnã

From Late Latin fontāna, from substantivation of the adjective Latin fontānus, from fons. Compare Daco-Romanian fântână, also Sardinian fantana.


njedzu

From Latin medius. Compare Romanian miez.

crumb of bread (from the soft part or loaf as opposed to crust)


ordzu

From Latin hordeum (with the alternative plural derived from the Latin plural hordea). Compare Romanian orz.


porcu

From Latin porcus. Compare Romanian porc.


fireastrã

From Latin fenestra. Compare Romanian fereastră.


mãduã

From Latin medulla. Compare Romanian măduvă.


mãduã

From the same as the above. The neuter variant, midulj, may have undergone a shift in gender or came from a Vulgar Latin root *medullum; compare most other Romance cognates which shifted to a masculine form: Italian midollo (with plural midolla), Spanish meollo, Portuguese miolo, Catalan moll.


veduu

From Latin viduus, probably through a Vulgar Latin *viduvus. Compare Romanian văduv.


poamã

From Latin pōma, plural of pōmum, interpreted as a feminine singular. Compare Romanian poamă.


pleagã

pleagã f (plural pledz, definite articulation pleaga)

From Latin plāga. Compare Romanian plagă (which, however, is possibly borrowed), Albanian plagë.


pãngãn

pãngãn m (plural pãngãnj, feminine equivalent pãngãnã, feminine plural pãngãni or pãngãne, definite singular pãngãnlu, definite plural pãngãnjlji)

pãngãnj (plural)
equivalent pãngãnã (feminine)
pãngãni (feminine plural)
pãngãne (feminine plural)
pãngãnlu (definite singular)
pãngãnjlji (definite plural)

From Latin pāgānus. Compare Romanian păgân.

(figuratively) bad person (man or woman)


picat

picat n (plural picati or picate, definite singular picatlu, definite plural picatili)

picati (plural)
picate (plural)
picatlu (definite singular)
picatili (definite plural)

From Latin peccātum. Compare Daco-Romanian păcat.


demun

demun m (feminine demunã, plural demunj, feminine plural demuni or demune)

demunã (feminine)
demunj (plural)
demuni (feminine plural)
demune (feminine plural)

Probably borrowed from Greek δαίμονας (daímonas), or less likely from Latin daemon, both derived from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”). Compare also Romanian demon.


lexico

head

lexico m (plural lexicadz, definite singular lexicolu)

lexicadz (plural)
lexicolu (definite singular)

From Greek λεξικό (lexikó). Compare Romanian lexic.


furcã

From Latin furca. Compare Romanian furcă.


grãn

From Latin grānum. Compare Romanian grâu.


siptãmãnã

From Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from the Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), derived from septimus (“seventh”). Compare Romanian săptămână.


umtu

head

umtu n (plural umturi, definite articulation umtul)

From Latin ūnctum. Compare Romanian unt.


alghinã

alghinã f (plural alghini or alghine, definite articulation alghina)

alghini (plural)
alghine (plural)
alghina (definite)

From Vulgar Latin *alvīna, derived from Latin alvus or alveus. Compare Romanian albină, Megleno-Romanian ălbină, Istro-Romanian albire.


sfulgu

From Vulgar Latin *fulgus, a derivative of Latin fulgur, with the Aromanian prefix s-, from ex-. Compare Romanian fulger.


lãnã

lãnã f (plural lãnj or lãnuri, definite articulation lãna)

lãnj (plural)
lãnuri (plural)
lãna (definite)


meljiu

From Latin milium. Compare Romanian mei.


measã

From Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa. Compare Daco-Romanian masă.


soatsã

From Latin socia. Compare Daco-Romanian soață.


mãrit

From Latin marītus. Compare Romanian mărit.


njerlã

From Latin merula. Compare Romanian mierlă.


martsã

From Latin (diēs) Martis. Compare Daco-Romanian marți.


martsu

From Latin (mensis) mārtius. Compare Romanian marț, mărțișor.


martsu

braid made of twisted white and red threads worn by young children during the first 9 days of March


noatin

From Latin annōtinus. Compare Romanian noaten.


gioi

From Latin (diēs) Iovis. Compare Romanian joi.


muscã

From Latin musca. Compare Romanian muscă.


piponj

From a derivative of Latin pepō, peponem, perhaps a Vulgar Latin root *peponium. Ultimately from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn).


cuvendã

From a derivative of Latin conventus; alternatively, possibly from Albanian kuvend (itself from the same root), or influenced by it. Compare Romanian cuvânt (“word”) and cf. also Greek κουβέντα (kouvénta, “conversation; word, phrase”). The semantic shift in proto-Romanian from "meeting, gathering, assembly" to "word" may have been due to the importance of assemblies and gatherings where words and ideas were exchanged historically; this also affected Macedonian збор (zbor, “word”), which derives from the Slavic word for "assembly, meeting, gathering" (through a process of regional linguistic convergence known as the Balkan sprachbund, due to the close interaction of these languages' speakers). The Aromanian synonym zbor was a likely loanword from this Macedonian word.


moarã

From Latin mola. Compare Romanian moară.


maljiu

From Latin malleus. Compare Romanian mai.


nucã

From nuc, or from Latin nux, nucis. Compare Romanian nucă.


chearsic

From Latin [mālus] persicus. Compare Romanian piersic.


chearsicã

chearsicã f (plural chearsitsi or chearsitse)

From Late Latin persica, from the feminine of Latin persicum. Compare Romanian piersică.


nipoatã

nipoati (plural)
nipoate (plural)
equivalent nipot (masculine)

From Latin nepos, nepotem, possibly through Vulgar Latin *nepota (“niece”, a root). Compare Romanian nepoată, Catalan neboda, Occitan neboda.


masinã

From a Slavic word such as Serbo-Croatian màslina. Compare Romanian măslină.


giug

From Latin jugum, iugum. Compare Romanian jug.


pearã

From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, considered as a feminine singular. Compare Romanian pară.


undã

undi (plural)
unde (plural)
undã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
unã undã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
unda (accusative definite nominative singular)
(nishti, nishte) undi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
unde (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
undili (accusative definite nominative plural)
undile (accusative definite nominative plural)
a (unei) undã (dative genitive indefinite singular)
undi (dative genitive indefinite singular)
unde (dative genitive indefinite singular)
ali (dative definite genitive singular)
ale undã (dative definite genitive singular)
undi (dative definite genitive singular)
unde (dative definite genitive singular)
a undãljei (dative definite genitive singular)
undiljei (dative definite genitive singular)
undeljei (dative definite genitive singular)
a (unor) undi (dative genitive indefinite plural)
unde (dative genitive indefinite plural)
a undilor (dative definite genitive plural)
undiloru (dative definite genitive plural)
undelor (dative definite genitive plural)
undeloru (dative definite genitive plural)


picurar

picurar m (plural picurari, definite articulation picurarlu, definite plural picurarlji)

picurari (plural)
picurarlu (definite)
picurarlji (definite plural)

From Latin pecorārius. Compare Romanian păcurar.


piscar

From Latin piscārius. Compare Romanian pescar.


pezã

Possibly from Latin pes, pedem (“foot”). Cf. also Romanian piază and piez, and the unique figurative semantic development of the word.


ulitsã

From a Common Slavic ulica. Compare also Romanian uliță.


prãndzu

From Latin prandium. Compare Romanian prânz.


preftu

preftu m (plural preftsã, feminine equivalent prifteasã)

preftsã (plural)
equivalent prifteasã (feminine)

From Vulgar Latin prev(i)ter, preb(i)ter < Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros). Compare Romanian preot, Albanian prift.


mushclju

From Vulgar Latin *mūsclus < Latin mūsculus (“muscle, little mouse”), diminutive of mūs (“mouse”). Compare Romanian mușchi.


mushclju

From Vulgar Latin root *mūsclus, contracted from *mūsculus, diminutive of Latin mūscus. Compare Romanian mușchi, Italian muschio.


poartã

From Latin porta. Compare Romanian poartă.


ushã

From Vulgar Latin *ustia, from Latin ostia < ostium. Compare Romanian ușă.


puric

From Latin pūlex, pūlicem (with a later change of declension). Compare Romanian purice.


bãsilãu

Ultimately from Ancient Greek βασιλεύς (basileús).


arãdãtsinã

From Late Latin rādīcīna, from Latin rādīx, rādīcis (“root”). Cognate with Romanian rădăcină, French racine, Sardinian radichina.


arãpã

abyss, chasm, ravine, precipice, steep slope


dracu

From Latin dracō. Compare Daco-Romanian drac.


shauã

shei (plural)
shali (plural)
shale (plural)
shelj (plural)

From Latin sella. Compare Romanian șa, șaua.


alãndurã

From a derivative of Latin hirundō (possibly a Vulgar Latin *hirundula or *hirundinella). Compare Romanian rândunea, rândunică.


searã

searã f (plural seri, definite articulation seara)

From Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”). Compare Romanian seară.


tseapã

Inherited from Latin cēpa. Compare Romanian ceapă.


sãntu

From Latin sānctus. Compare Romanian sânt.


scamnu

scamni (plural)
scamne (plural)
scamnuri (plural)

From Latin scamnum. Compare Romanian scaun.


sãnãtate

sãnãtate f (definite articulation sãnãtatea)


coapsã

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”). Compare Romanian coapsă, Dalmatian copsa.


bucã

From Latin bucca. Compare Romanian bucă.


ciresh

From Vulgar Latin *ceresius, from Late Latin cerasius, from Latin cerasus, from Ancient Greek κέρασος (kérasos). Compare Romanian cireș.


fluiarã

desctree

→ Albanian: flojere, flojerë, floerë
→ Greek: φλογέρα (flogéra)

Of uncertain or disputed origin; possibly from Latin flātūrālis (adj.) ‘blowing’, from flātūra ‘act of blowing’. Other theories suggest a Vulgar Latin root *flibula, from fibula (compare sense of flute in Latin tibia), or a derivative of the related verb fluir, or a substratum word. Alternatively, it may be of originally imitative origin. Compare Romanian fluier (dialectal variant fluieră), and Albanian flojere, which was borrowed from it.


dzãnã

head

dzãnã f (plural dzãni or dzãne, definite articulation dzãna)

dzãni (plural)
dzãne (plural)
dzãna (definite)

From Latin Diāna (compare Romanian zână, Asturian xana, Sardinian giàna, compare also Albanian zanë).


ãntunearic

Probably ultimately from Latin tenebricus, and influenced by ãntunic later. Compare Romanian întuneric.


tsupatã

Uncertain. Compare Albanian sëpatë, sopatë.


tãpor

Borrowed from a Common Slavic toporŭ (Proto-Slavic *toporъ), ultimately of Iranian origin. Compare Romanian topor.


domnu

domnu m (feminine equivalent doamnã, plural domnji)

equivalent doamnã (feminine)
domnji (plural)
domnu (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
un domnu (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
domnul (accusative definite nominative singular)
domnji (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
nishti domnji (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
domnjilj (accusative definite nominative plural)
a (unui) domnu (dative genitive indefinite singular)
a domnlui (dative definite genitive singular)
a (unor) domnji (dative genitive indefinite plural)
a domnjlor (dative definite genitive plural)
domnjloru (dative definite genitive plural)
doamne (singular vocative)
domnji (plural vocative)

From Late Latin domnus < Latin dominus. Compare Romanian domn. Other cognates include Italian donno, Spanish dueño.


plãtsintã

From Latin placenta. Compare Romanian plăcintă.


aumbrã

aumbri (plural)
aumbre (plural)
aumbra (definite)

From Latin umbra. This form may have been influenced by the verb aumbredz or Latin adumbrō. Compare Romanian umbră.


murmintu

From Latin monumentum. Compare Megleno-Romanian murmint, Romanian mormânt, Sardinian morimentu, murimentu.


tumbã

Of the same origin as Romanian tumbă, probably an expressive creation based on an onomatopoetic root tumb-.

onomatopoeic

expressive


tumbã

From Late Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos).


faptu

From Latin factum. Compare Romanian fapt.


schic

From Latin spīcum, alternative form of spīca. Compare Romanian spic.


schin

head

schin (plural schinj, definite articulation schinlu)

From Latin spīnus. Compare Romanian spin.


toamnã

From Latin autumnus, with a change in gender as with iarã through analogy with vearã or primuvearã, possibly through an intermediate Vulgar Latin *otumna (a root), or [tempora] autumna. Compare Romanian toamnă.


vearã

vearã f (plural veri, definite articulation veara)

From Vulgar Latin *vēra, from Latin vēr (“spring”). Compare Megleno-Romanian veară, Romanian vară.


spumã

From Latin spūma. Compare Romanian spumă.


cãmpu

cãmpu n (plural cãmpuri or cãnchi, definite singular cãmpul)

cãmpuri (plural)
cãnchi (plural)
cãmpul (definite singular)

From Latin campus. Compare Romanian câmp.


arniclju

arniclju n (plural arniclji or arniclje)

arniclju (canonical masculine)
arniclju (canonical neuter)
arniclji (plural)
arniclje (plural)

From a Vulgar Latin *reniclus, from contraction of Latin rēniculus (“little kidney”), from rēnēs (“kidneys”), from ren. Compare Daco-Romanian rinichi, Sardinian arrigu.


shoaric

From Latin sōricem, accusative singular of sōrex. Compare Romanian șoarece, șoarec.


dhamaskinã

From dhamaskin, from Greek δαμάσκηνο (damáskino).


prunã

From Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon). Compare Daco-Romanian prună (“plum”).


alumtã

Inherited from Late Latin lū̆cta. Cognate with Romanian luptă. See also the variant form ljuftã, which was either borrowed directly from or influenced by Albanian luftë.


frapsin

From Latin fraxinus. Compare Daco-Romanian frasin, regional frapsăn.


dzidzitar

dzidzitar n (plural dzidzitari or dzidzitare)

From dzeadzit + -ar or from Late Latin digitāle, from Latin digitālis. Compare Romanian degetar.


bitãrnu

bitãrnu m (feminine bitãrnã, plural bitãrnj, feminine plural bitãrni or bitãrne)

bitãrnã (feminine)
bitãrnj (plural)
bitãrni (feminine plural)
bitãrne (feminine plural)

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin vetrānus, syncopated form of Latin veterānus. Compare Romanian bătrân.


doamnã

doamnã f (masculine equivalent domnu, plural doamni or doamne)

equivalent domnu (masculine)
doamni (plural)
doamne (plural)
doamnã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
unã doamnã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
doamna (accusative definite nominative singular)
(nishti, nishte) doamni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
doamne (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
doamnili (accusative definite nominative plural)
doamnile (accusative definite nominative plural)
a (unei) doamnã (dative genitive indefinite singular)
doamni (dative genitive indefinite singular)
doamne (dative genitive indefinite singular)
ali (dative definite genitive singular)
ale doamnã (dative definite genitive singular)
doamni (dative definite genitive singular)
doamne (dative definite genitive singular)
a doamnãljei (dative definite genitive singular)
doamniljei (dative definite genitive singular)
doamneljei (dative definite genitive singular)
a (unor) doamni (dative genitive indefinite plural)
doamne (dative genitive indefinite plural)
a doamnilor (dative definite genitive plural)
doamniloru (dative definite genitive plural)
doamnelor (dative definite genitive plural)
doamneloru (dative definite genitive plural)

From Late Latin domna < Latin domina. Compare Romanian doamnă.


cãrbuni

From Latin carbō, carbōni. Compare Romanian cărbune.


tsinushã

From Vulgar Latin root *cinusia, from Latin cinus, a less common variant of cinis (“ashes”). Compare Romanian cenușă.


tsiresh

From Vulgar Latin *ceresius, from Late Latin cerasius, from Latin cerasus, from Ancient Greek κέρασος (kérasos). Compare Romanian cireș.


neauã

neauã f (plural neuri, definite articulation neaua)

From Latin nix, nivem. Compare Romanian nea.


tsireashã

From Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin. Compare Romanian cireașă.


vrutã

beloved, sweetheart, darling, girlfriend, (female) lover


minciunã

From Late Latin mentiō, mentiōnem (in the alternative sense of "lie" as opposed to "mention"); this meaning may derive from a reduction of a root *mentītiō, from Latin mentītus, past participle of mentior, and is unrelated to the original meaning of mentio. Compare Romanian minciună. Compare also Italian menzogna, French mensonge.


mãcare

head

mãcare f (definite articulation mãcarea)


fãpturã

From Latin factūra. Compare Romanian făptură; compare also Albanian fytyrë.


yiptu

From Latin victus. Compare Romanian vipt, Italian vitto.


flivrar

From Late Latin Febrārius from Latin (mensis) Februārius; possibly through the intermediate of Greek Φλεβάρης (Fleváris), or influenced by it later. Compare Romanian făurar.


furtunã

furtunã f (plural furtunj, definite articulation furtuna)

Probably from Latin fortūna or alternatively Greek φουρτούνα (fourtoúna). Compare Romanian furtună. Compare also Albanian furtunë.


cusurin

cusurin m (plural cusurinj, feminine cusurinã or cusurine, feminine plural cusurini)

cusurinj (plural)
cusurinã (feminine)
cusurine (feminine)
cusurini (feminine plural)


foarficã

From Latin forficem, accusative singular of forfex. Compare Romanian foarfecă.


aveari

From the verb am/amu or from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō. Compare Romanian avere.


vreari

vreari f (plural vreri, definite articulation vrearea)

From Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle. Compare Romanian vrere.


faptã

From Latin facta, plural of factum. Compare Romanian faptă.


puteari

puteari f (plural puteri, definite articulation putearea)

From the verb pot or Vulgar Latin potēre < Latin possum. Compare Romanian putere.


ligãturã

From leg + -turã or from Late Latin ligātura, from Latin ligō. Compare Romanian legătură.


cheadicã

From Latin pedica. Compare Romanian piedică.

hindrance, obstacle, impediment, difficulty


pãtedz

From the above verb. Compare Romanian botez.


fãrnu

From Latin frēnum. Compare Romanian frâu.


dzeamit

From Latin gemitus. Compare Romanian geamăt, Albanian gjëmë.


madzãre

Possibly a substrate Paleo-Balkanic word. Compare Romanian mazăre, Albanian modhull.


foamitã

From foami, possibly resulting from an originally unusual plural formation; another possibility is influence from Latin fomes, fomitem (“tinder”). Compare Romanian foamete.


poarcã

From Latin porca. Compare Romanian poarcă.


auã

From Latin ūva. Compare obsolete Daco-Romanian auă.


mardzinã

From Latin marginem, accusative singular of margō. Compare Romanian margine.


purtsel

purtsel m (plural purtselj or purtseyi, feminine purtseauã or purtsiau)

purtselj (plural)
purtseyi (plural)
purtseauã (feminine)
purtsiau (feminine)

From Late Latin porcellus, diminutive of Latin porcus. Compare Romanian purcel.


purtseauã

purtseauã f (plural purtseali or purtseale, masculine purtsel)

purtseali (plural)
purtseale (plural)
purtsel (masculine)

From Late Latin porcella (“female piglet”), from porcellus (“piglet”), diminutive of Latin porcus (“pig”). Compare Romanian purcea.


treambur

From the above verb. See also Latin tremulus. Compare Romanian tremur.


cochil

cochil m (plural cochilj, feminine cochilã)

Compare Romanian copil, Megleno-Romanian cupilaș. Probably from South Slavic *kopylъ (“shoot, sprout; bastard”) (compare Serbo-Croatian ко̏пиле/kȍpile, Bulgarian ко́пеле (kópele)), from *kopati (“to dig, cultivate”). Also borrowed into Albanian kopil, Byzantine Greek κόπελος (kópelos). Alternatively an ultimately paleo-Balkan substratum word.


grai

grai n (plural grai/grae or grairi/graire)

grai (plural)
grae (plural)
grairi (plural)
graire (plural)

From South Slavic, (i.e. Bulgarian грай (graj)).


cãtsãl

From Latin catellus. Compare Romanian cățel.


roatã

roati (plural)
roate (plural)
roatã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
unã roatã (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
roata (accusative definite nominative singular)
(nishti, nishte) roati (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
roate (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
roatili (accusative definite nominative plural)
roatile (accusative definite nominative plural)
a (unei) roatã (dative genitive indefinite singular)
roati (dative genitive indefinite singular)
roate (dative genitive indefinite singular)
ali (dative definite genitive singular)
ale roatã (dative definite genitive singular)
roati (dative definite genitive singular)
roate (dative definite genitive singular)
a roatãljei (dative definite genitive singular)
roatiljei (dative definite genitive singular)
roateljei (dative definite genitive singular)
a (unor) roati (dative genitive indefinite plural)
roate (dative genitive indefinite plural)
a roatilor (dative definite genitive plural)
roatiloru (dative definite genitive plural)
roatelor (dative definite genitive plural)
roateloru (dative definite genitive plural)

From Latin rota. Compare Romanian roată.


cãtsauã

cãtsauã f (plural cãtsali or cãtsale, definite articulation cãtsaua)

cãtsali (plural)
cãtsale (plural)
cãtsaua (definite)

From Latin catella. Compare Portuguese cadela and Romanian cățea.


tserbu

tserbu m (plural tserghi, feminine equivalent tsearbã, feminine plural tsearbi or tsearbe)

tserghi (plural)
equivalent tsearbã (feminine)
tsearbi (feminine plural)
tsearbe (feminine plural)

From Latin cervus. Compare Romanian cerb, Megleno-Romanian tserb.


purcãreatsã

purcãreatsã f (definite singular purcãreatsa, plural purcãrets, definite plural purcãretsli)

purcãreatsa (definite singular)
purcãrets (plural)
purcãretsli (definite plural)

From Late Latin porcāricia, from Latin porcus (“pig”). By surface analysis, porcu + -ãreatsã. Compare Romanian porcăreață.


giuncu

giuncu m (plural giuntsi, feminine equivalent giuncã)

giuntsi (plural)
equivalent giuncã (feminine)

From Latin juvencus, iuvencus. Compare Romanian junc, Sicilian jencu.


steauã

steauã f (plural steali or steale, definite articulation steaua)

steali (plural)
steale (plural)
steaua (definite)

From Latin stella, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Compare to Daco-Romanian stea.


cãtsau

cãtsau f (plural cãtsali, definite articulation cãtsaua)


oae

oae f (plural oi, definite singular oaea, definite plural oili)

oi (plural)
oaea (definite singular)
oili (definite plural)


trifoljiu

trifoljiu n (plural trifoalji or trifoalje)

From Latin trifolium. Compare Romanian trifoi.


uiar

Either from oai + -ar or from Vulgar Latin *oviārius (a root), from Latin ovis. Compare Romanian oier.


ndreptu

From Latin dīrectus, probably from Vulgar Latin *dērēctus (or through a syncopated variant Late Latin drictus), and with the prefix n- added later within Aromanian. Compare Romanian drept.


trandafilã

trandafilã f (plural trandafili or trandafile)

From Greek τριαντάφυλλο (triantáfyllo). Compare Romanian trandafir, Albanian trëndafil, Ukrainian троянда (trojanda).

bor

τριαντάφυλλο


soarti

From Latin sortem, accusative of sors. Compare Romanian soartă.


suflit

From a Vulgar Latin *sufflitum, from Latin sufflō, from flō (“to breathe”). Compare Romanian suflet.


veargã

From Latin virga. Compare Romanian vargă.


tsãsãturã

tsas + -turã. Compare Romanian țesătură, Italian tessitura, Spanish tejedura.


pãreaclji

Substantivization of the feminine of Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Romanian pereche (and the regional variant păreche). Compare also Italian parecchia, etc.


armã

armi (plural)
arme (plural)
armati (plural)
armate (plural)

From Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”). Compare Romanian armă.


birbec

head

birbec m (plural birbets, definite articulation birbeclu, definite plural birbetslji)

birbets (plural)
birbeclu (definite)
birbetslji (definite plural)

From Late Latin berbēx, berbēce, variant of Latin vervēx. Compare Romanian berbec.


verdzu

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *virdium (a root), from Latin viridium, or reformed as a singular from the plural veardzã, which is Vulgar Latin *virdia (see for cognates) (as Romanian varză).


virdeatsã

veardi + -eatsã or Vulgar Latin *virditia. Compare Romanian verdeață, Italian verdezza.

plants and vegetables used for consumption


zãrãtsinã

From Late Latin rādīcīna, from Latin rādīx, rādīcis (“root”). Cognate with Daco-Romanian rădăcină, French racine, Sardinian radichina.


udzir

From Latin ūber, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”). Compare Romanian uger.


mãndzu

Origin disputed. Compare Daco-Romanian mânz, Meglenitic mǫndz;
* possibly from or related and cognate to Albanian (Gheg) mâz (compare standard mëz, Old Albanian manz) through the substrate,
* or of Illyrian origin. Compare the Thracian word mezenai, "horse", and Messapian Menzana, a horse deity. Compare also Italian manzo, probably ultimately from the same source.


aroauã

From Latin rōs, rōrem, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *rovem, or formed from the plural of an original singular. Compare Romanian rouă.


aratru

From Latin arātrum. Compare Romanian arat.


avrã

Inherited from Latin aura, itself from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”). Compare Megleno-Romanian aură.


cãmbanã

Presumably from Greek καμπάνα (kampána), from Late Latin campāna. Compare also Albanian këmborë.


cãnavi

Borrowed from Greek κάνναβη (kánnavi), ultimately from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). Compare the form cãnipã, inherited through Vulgar Latin.


cãnipã

head

cãnipã f (plural cãnipi or cãnipe or cãnichi)

cãnipi (plural)
cãnipe (plural)
cãnichi (plural)

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin canapa, *canapis, from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). Compare Romanian cânepă. See also the form cãnavi, from Greek (and cãnapi, influenced by this form).


cãroari

From Latin calōrem, accusative of calor.

(intense) heat (such as that coming from the sun)


gljom

gljoami (plural)
gljoame (plural)
gljomuri (plural)


lilice

lilice f (definite articulation lilicea)


gljem

gljami (plural)
gljame (plural)
gljemuri (plural)

From Latin glomus through a Vulgar Latin *glemus, or an alteration of the variant form, gljom. Compare Romanian ghem, Italian ghiomo.


cãldurã

From Vulgar Latin *caldūra, from Latin caldus, calidus. Compare Italian caldura, Romanian căldură.


hicã

From Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Compare Italian fica, Dalmatian faica, Catalan and Catalan fica.


numaljiu

From Latin animālium (or animālia with a change of gender), from animal. Compare Romanian nămaie.

lamb, sheep, or other animal to be roasted on a skewer or spit


negurã

negurã f (plural neguri, definite articulation negura)

From Latin nebula. Compare Romanian negură.


pirã

Probably from Proto-Slavic *pira or less likely Greek πυρ (pyr). Compare Romanian pară.


sculii

Borrowed from Greek σχολείο (scholeío) possibly through a Slavic intermediate, ultimately from Ancient Greek σχολεῖον (skholeîon), from σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure; later; conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”).


grãsime

grãsime f (definite articulation grãsimea)


giuneapini

From Latin iūniperus. Compare Romanian jneapăn.


dzindzii

From Latin gingīva. Compare Romanian gingie.


mãseauã

From Latin maxilla. Compare Romanian măsea.


grãsimi

grãsimi f (plural grãsinj, definite articulation grãsimea)

grãsimi f . (canonical)
grãsinj (plural)
grãsimea (definite)

From gras + -imi. Compare Romanian grăsime.


fãrmac

Probably from Greek φάρμακο (fármako), from Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon); compare the Romanian farmec, which came through a Latin intermediate. Alternatively, it is derived from the Latin term pharmacum, but this is less likely.


sãdzeatã

From Latin sagitta. Compare Romanian săgeată.


scarã

From Latin scāla, scālae (“ladder; stairs”). Compare Romanian scară.


fearicã

fearicã f (plural ferits, definite articulation fearica, definite plural feritsli)

ferits (plural)
fearica (definite)
feritsli (definite plural)

From Latin filicem, accusative singular of filix. Compare Romanian ferigă.


oarã

oarã f (plural ori, definite articulation oara)


coamã

From Latin coma, from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē). Compare Romanian coamă.


sãmburi

One theory is that it comes from Albanian: compare sumbull, dialectal variant of standard thumbull (“button”), diminutive of thumb (“sting”). Alternatively, it may be a substratum word, akin to the Albanian one, or from a Vulgar Latin root *sumbola, symbola, from Latin symbolus, from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”). Compare Romanian sâmbure.


matsã

From Latin matia, probably remade from the plural form. Compare Romanian maț, mațe; also Sardinian matza (“belly”), macia, massa, matta.


matsã

head

matsã f (plural matsã, definite articulation matsa)


pravdã

pravdã f (plural prãvdzã, definite articulation pravda)


usãndzã

From Latin axungia. Compare Romanian osânză.


banã

banã f (plural bani, definite articulation bana)


fricã

fricã f (plural frits, definite articulation frica)

Probably from Ancient Greek φρίκη (phríkē) or more likely Byzantine Greek φρίκη (phríkē), but the presence of the word in Istro-Romanian indicates it was a very old borrowing. Compare Romanian frică, also Albanian frikë.


gushi

From Vulgar Latin *gusia (compare Romanian gușă, Albanian gushë, Italian gozzo (“gizzard”), Friulian gose, French gosier (“gullet”)), from Late Latin geusiae, from Gaulish geusiae (compare Welsh gewai (“glutton”)).


urdin

From the above verb or possibly from Latin ōrdō.


cãpsheanã

Possibly from a derivative of cap or of substratum origin. Compare Romanian căpșună.


frangã

From Latin fraga, neuter plural of fragum. Compare Romanian fragă.


gavrã

Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *cavula, diminutive of Late Latin cava, from Latin cavus, cavum. Compare Romanian gaură; cf. Albanian gavër.


favru

From Latin fabrum, accusative singular of faber. Compare Romanian faur.


heavrã

Inherited from Latin febris, febrem. Compare the Daco-Romanian cognate with the same meaning febră which was borrowed from Italian.


aloat

From Latin allevātum, neuter of allevātus (“lifted, raised up”), past participle of allevō. Compare Romanian aluat.


hirar

From Latin ferrārius, corresponding to her + -ar. Compare Romanian fierar, Spanish herrero.


baltã

It is generally agreed to be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to gleam”), but there is disagreement whether the word is one of the earliest (Proto-)Romanian loans from Proto-Slavic *bolto, or whether it is a pre-Roman substrate word. Compare Daco-Romanian baltă. There is also an Albanian cognate, baltë. Compare also Serbo-Croatian blȁto, Russian боло́то (bolóto).


afundu

From Latin fundus. Compare Daco-Romanian fund.


hirturã

hertu + -turã, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *fertura, contraction of *fervitura, derived from *fervitus, as a variant past participle of Latin ferveō.Compare Daco-Romanian fiertură.

a boiling (of anything, especially food)


soacrã

soacrã f (plural soacri or soacre, masculine equivalent socru)

soacri (plural)
soacre (plural)
equivalent socru (masculine)

From Late Latin socra, from Latin socrus. Feminine counterpart to socru. Compare Romanian soacră.


norã

norã f (plural nurãri, masculine equivalent dziniri)

nurãri (plural)
equivalent dziniri (masculine)

From the older form nor, noru, from Vulgar Latin *nŏrus, from Classical Latin nurus. Compare Romanian noră.


pãnticã

pãnticã f (plural pãntitsi or pãntitse, definite singular pãntica)

pãntitsi (plural)
pãntitse (plural)
pãntica (definite singular)

From Latin pantex, panticem. Compare Romanian pântece.


bishinã

bishinã f (plural bishinj, definite articulation bishina, definite plural bishinjli)

bishinj (plural)
bishina (definite)
bishinjli (definite plural)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vissīna, from Latin vissīre. Compare Romanian bășină, Megleno-Romanian bișǫnă.


dzer

frost (cold weather that causes frost to form)


dzer

dzer n (plural dzeruri, definite articulation dzeru or dzerlu)

dzeruri (plural)
dzeru (definite)
dzerlu (definite)

Possibly a substrate word or from Latin serum. Compare Romanian zer.


brumã

From Latin brūma. Compare Daco-Romanian brumă.


viviritsã

From Proto-Slavic *věverica. Compare Romanian veveriță.


ligãmintu

From Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”). Corresponds to leg + -mintu. Compare Romanian legământ.

pledge, promise, agreement, bond, covenant, oath, vow


dzeanã

dzeani (plural)
dzeane (plural)
dzeana (definite)

From a Vulgar Latin root *genna, from Latin gena. Compare Romanian geană.


sprindzeanã

sprindzeanã f (plural sprindzeani or sprindzeane)

sprindzeani (plural)
sprindzeane (plural)

From a Vulgar Latin root *supercenna, or *supergenna, formed from a confusion of Latin supercilia and gena (whence came Aromanian dzeanã), or from supercilia with influence from dzeanã in early Aromanian or Proto-Romanian, analogous to the original Latin deriving from super (“above”) + cilia (“eyelash”). Compare Spanish sobreceño. The Aromanian word (as well as the Daco-Romanian equivalent sprânceană) developed a nasal infix, similarly to Portuguese sobrancelha, Romansch survantscheglia.


arap

From Ottoman Turkish عرب (Arap), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

bor

<i class="Latn mention" lang="tr">Arap</i>


arap

Possibly ultimately linked to Latin rēpō (“creep, crawl”), but this is uncertain.


njeadzã-dzuã

From Latin mediam diem. Compare Romanian miazăzi.


nolgiuc

Probably ultimately from Latin medius locus, following metathesis. Compare Romanian mijloc.


njior

head

njior m (plural njiori, feminine equivalent njioarã)

njiori (plural)
equivalent njioarã (feminine)

Diminutive of njel or possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *agnelliōlus, diminutive of Latin agnellus. Compare Romanian mior; compare also the more common feminine form mioară.

(male) lamb of around two years of age; or more generally a little lamb or little kid (young goat)


tiljiu

From Latin tilia, turned masculine in assimilation to other tree names, or through a Vulgar Latin root *tilius. Compare Romanian tei, Italian tiglio.


arostu

From Latin rōstrum. Compare Romanian rost.


mustatsã

mustatsã f (plural mustãts, definite articulation mustatsa)

From Early Medieval Latin mustācium (via its plural mustācia), ultimately from Ancient Greek. Compare Romanian mustață.


lãcustã

From Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta. Compare Romanian lăcustă.


turcu

turcu m (feminine turcã or turxã, masculine plural turtsi, feminine plural turtsi or turtse, and turxi or turxe)

turcã (feminine)
turxã (feminine)
turtsi (masculine plural)
turtsi (feminine plural)
turtse (feminine plural)


vãscu

From Latin viscum. Compare Romanian vâsc.


vishtimintu

vishtiminti (plural)
vishtiminte (plural)

From Latin vestīmentum. Compare Romanian veșmânt.

clothing, garment, vestment, garb, dress, raiment


dzãr

dzãr n (plural dzãruri, definite articulation dzãrlu)

Possibly a substrate word or from Latin serum. Compare Romanian zer.


numtã

numtã f (plural numtsã, definite articulation numta)

From Latin nuptiae (“wedding”) (probably later changed into a singular within proto-Romanian, or remade as a singular from the plural numtsã), from nupta (“bride”), from nubere (“marry”). Compare Romanian nuntă.


shar

Possibly a substratum word or from Latin serum. Compare Romanian zer.


umir

From Latin humerus, umerus. Compare Romanian umăr.


arniu

Probably from Vulgar Latin *hibernīvum (“winter”, root), from Latin hībernum (“winter”).

inh

a wintering; action or process of staying for the winter; hivernating


curastrã

From a Vulgar Latin root *colastra, from Latin colostra, colostrum. Compare Romanian colastră, coraslă.


curcubetã

head

curcubetã f (plural curcubeti or curcubete, definite articulation curcubeta)

curcubeti (plural)
curcubete (plural)
curcubeta (definite)

From Latin cucurbita. Compare Romanian curcubetă.


curauã

From Latin corrigia. Compare Romanian curea.


scljifur

From Latin sulfur, sulphur (probably through a Vulgar Latin form *sclufur), from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”). The Romanian equivalent in this case (sulfur) is a learned borrowing.


dultseatsã

dultseatsã f (definite articulation dultseatsa)

dultsi + -eatsã. Compare Romanian dulceață, Italian dolcezza.


scutic

Uncertain. Possibly from a Slavic skutŭ, or from Vulgar Latin *scuticum, from Latin stucia (“a leather lash, whip”), probably confused with derivatives of cutis (“leather”) (compare cutica). Therefore, the meaning could have changed from a leather belt to that of fabric or cloth in general. Cognate with Romanian scutec.


corbu

From Latin corvus. Compare Romanian corb, Albanian korb.


furidzinã

From Latin fūlīginem, accusative singular of fūlīgo. Compare Romanian funingine.


grindinã

From Latin grandinem, accusative singular of grandō. Compare Romanian grindină.


iuliu

Ultimately from Latin iūlius, through the intermediate of Greek Ιούλιος (Ioúlios).


broascã tsãstoasã

From broascã ("frog") + tsestu, from Latin testum; compare testūdō (“turtle”). Compare Romanian broască țestoasă.


septemvriu

Borrowed from Greek Σεπτέμβριος (Septémvrios), from Latin September.


yinar

From yin + -ar, possibly corresponding to Latin vīnārius; compare archaic Romanian vinar, Italian vinaio.


alunã

From a Vulgar Latin root *abellona, from Latin abellāna. Compare Romanian alună.


Cirishar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cerasiārium (“June”). By surface analysis, cireashã (“cherry”) + -ar. Compare Romanian cireşar


ghismãciuni

The main root of the word (compare ghismã/yizmã) is of Greek origin. Corresponds to the archaic and regional Romanian iezmăciune (“November”), compare also izmă. See also ayizmu, ghizmedz.


Nuembru

From Latin Novembrius, possibly partly through the intermediate of Byzantine Greek Νοέμβριος (Noémbrios).


dechemvriu

Borrowed from Greek Δεκέμβριος (Dekémvrios), ultimately from Latin December.


Sãmedru

From Latin Sanctus Demetrius, the meaning coming from the saint's holy day. Compare Romanian Sânmedru.


andreu

From Latin Andreas, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). Compare the Daco-Romanian popular version of the month of December, undrea, îndrea.


puljiu

From a Vulgar Latin root *pulleus, from Latin pullus. Compare Romanian pui.


gljindã

From Latin glāns, glāndem, possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *glanda. Compare Romanian ghindă, Italian ghianda.


nuearcã

From Latin noverca. Compare also Albanian njerkë.


teacã

From Latin theca, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”). Compare Romanian teacă.


njitsã

From a Vulgar Latin root *agnicia, from *agnicius (“of lamb”), from Latin agnus (“lamb”). Compare Romanian miță.

unsheared wool from a sheep that has grown long


tsãtsã

head

tsãtsã f (plural tsãtsã or tsãtsi, definite singular tsãtsa, definite plural tsãtsãli or tsãtsili)

tsãtsã (plural)
tsãtsi (plural)
tsãtsa (definite singular)
tsãtsãli (definite plural)
tsãtsili (definite plural)

Either an expressive creation, or from Paleo-Balkan (Indo-European), or from Late Latin titia, titta. Compare Daco-Romanian țâță, Italian tetta, zizza, French tette, Portuguese teta, Spanish teta.

onomatopoeic

expressive


gioni

head

gioni m (plural gionj, feminine equivalent gioanã)

gionj (plural)
equivalent gioanã (feminine)

Inherited from Latin iuvenis. Compare Romanian june.


ritsinã

From Latin rēsīna, from Ancient Greek ῥητῑ́νη (rhētī́nē). Compare Romanian rășină.


pradã

From Latin praeda. Compare Romanian pradă.


alunar

From alunã + -ar. Compare the obsolete and popular variant for the month of July in Daco-Romanian, alunar.


pulpã

From Latin pulpa. Compare Romanian pulpă; compare also Albanian pulpë.


pãun

From Latin pāvōnem, with the variant form paun possibly coming through a Slavic intermediate. Compare Romanian păun.


pljumbu

From Latin plumbum. Compare Romanian plumb.


coardã

From Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ). Compare Romanian coardă.


mãnicã

From Latin manica. Compare Romanian mânecă.


mãrdzeauã

From Latin margella. Compare Romanian mărgea.


cupã

From Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa, possibly partly from Greek κούπα (koúpa). Compare Romanian cupă.


cucutã

From a Vulgar Latin root *cucūta, from Latin cicūta. Compare Romanian cucută; compare also Albanian kukutë.


alats

From Vulgar Latin *laceus, from Latin laqueus. Compare Daco-Romanian laț.


creastã

From Latin crista. Compare Romanian creastă.


pulicar

From Latin pollicāris, from pollex. Compare Daco-Romanian policar, which was probably borrowed, at least in its main form.


cãlãrets

From Late Latin caballāricius, from Latin caballus (“horse”). By surface analysis, cal + -ãrets. Compare Romanian călăreț, Albanian kalorës.


sugljits

From the above verb or possibly from Vulgar Latin suggluttium (attested in glosses), ultimately from Latin singultus. Compare Romanian sughiț, Portuguese soluço, Spanish sollozo, Calabrian sogliuttu, suggiuttu, Sicilian sugghiuzzu. Compare also Italian singhiozzo, from *singlutius, from singultus.


furtu

From Latin fūrtum. Compare Romanian furt.


lutseafir

From Latin lūciferum, accusative singular of lūcifer. Compare Romanian luceafăr.


lapti

From Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac. Compare Romanian lapte.


armãneashti

From armãn + -eashti. Compare Daco-Romanian românește.


malj

From Latin malleus. Compare Romanian mai.


plaghe

plaghe f (plural pledz, definite articulation plaga)

From Latin plāga. Compare Albanian plagë, Romanian plagă.


viare

viare f (plural ver, definite articulation viara)

From Vulgar Latin *vēra, from Latin vēr (“spring”). Compare Romanian vară.


rosh

From Latin russus or roseus. Compare Romanian roș (regional).


sartsinã

From Latin sarcina. Compare Romanian sarcină.

duty, obligation, charge, mandate, mission


flãmburã

flãmburã f (plural flãmburi or flãmbure, definite articulation flãmbura)

flãmburi (plural)
flãmbure (plural)
flãmbura (definite)

Probably from or related to Greek φλάμμουρος (flámmouros). Compare Romanian flamură, also Albanian flamur.


tsoarã

Uncertain. Possibly a substratum word of Dacian and ultimately Indo-European origin, related to Albanian sorrë, or borrowed from it; compare Daco-Romanian cioară. Also seemingly related to several Italian dialect cognates, compare Friulian çore, Calabrian ciola, Neapolitan ciàula, Tarentino ciola.


ulmu

From Latin ulmus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”). Compare Romanian ulm.


strigã

From Latin strīga, from strīx, from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx). Compare Romanian strigă.

an evil spirit or ghost, sorceress ghost


mãtricã

From Latin mātrīcem, accusative singular of mātrīx. Compare Romanian mătrice.

a dairy or milch sheep, especially after giving birth


yitsauã

yitsali (plural)
yitsale (plural)
equivalent yitsãl (masculine)

From Late Latin vitella, diminutive of Latin vitula (“calf, young cow”). Compare Romanian vițea.


angurã

From Greek άγκυρα (ágkyra, “anchor”), from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor”).


cupturã

From Latin coctūra. Compare Romanian coptură.

that which has been cooked or baked in an oven


pronjiu

From a Vulgar Latin root *pūrōnium from Latin pūs, pūris. Compare Romanian puroi.


birbicar

Either from birbec + -ar or from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin vervēcārius, from Latin vervēx. (Also attested as Medieval Latin birbicārius or berbicarius). Compare French berger, Sardinian berbecarju, berbecàlgiu, berbegarzu, Romanian berbecar.

picurar tsi pashti birbetslji


urãciuni

Probably from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem, corresponding to or, urari + -ciuni. Cf. also Daco-Romanian urăciune.


vãltoari

From Vulgar Latin *voltoria, from Latin volutus, from volvō (“roll, tumble”). Compare Romanian vâltoare.


vãrvurã

From Vulgar Latin root *volvula, from Latin volvō. Compare Romanian volbură.


alumtãtor

head

alumtãtor m (plural alumtãtori or alumtãtore)

Inherited from Latin lū̆ctātor; by surface analysis, alumtã + -tor. Cognate with Romanian luptător.


cupaci

Compare Romanian copac, Istro-Romanian copaț ‘thicket, brushwood’, probably from Albanian kopaç ‘treestump’ or less likely cognate to it as a Balkan substratum root. Compare also Slavic kopati, which may be the ultimate origin of both.


arburi

From Latin arborem f. Compare Daco-Romanian arbore.


prusopi

From Byzantine Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face”). Compare Romanian prosop.


cãrpã

From a South Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kъrpa. Compare Romanian cârpă.


pulj

From a Vulgar Latin root *pulleus, from Latin pullus. Compare Romanian pui.


ashclji

From Late Latin ascla, from Latin assula. Compare Romanian așchie.


broatic

From Vulgar Latin *brothācus (with a later change of declension), from Ancient Greek βροτάχος (brotákhos) < βάτραχος (bátrakhos). Compare Romanian brotac, broatec, Albanian bretk, bretkosë.


blãndur

a sweet, soft, melodious, or pleasant voice or melody


boatsi

head

boatsi f (plural bots, definite articulation boatsea)

From Latin vōcem, accusative singular of vōx. Compare Romanian boace, Sicilian buci.


milanculii

milanculii (plural)
milanculii (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
unã milanculii (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
milanculia (accusative definite nominative singular)
(nishti, nishte) milanculii (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
milanculiili (accusative definite nominative plural)
milanculiile (accusative definite nominative plural)
a (unei) milanculii (dative genitive indefinite singular)
ali (dative definite genitive singular)
ale milanculii (dative definite genitive singular)
a milanculiiljei (dative definite genitive singular)
a (unor) milanculii (dative genitive indefinite plural)
a milanculiilor (dative definite genitive plural)
milanculiiloru (dative definite genitive plural)

From Greek μελαγχολία (melancholía), itself from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).


boatsit

From butsescu or boatsi + -it, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *vōcitum, ultimately from Latin vōx. Compare Romanian bocet.


bureati

From Latin bōlētus, probably through a Vulgar Latin root *boletis. Ultimately from Ancient Greek βωλίτης (bōlítēs). Compare Romanian burete.


blãncu

From Slavic obląku, oblonku. Compare Romanian oblânc, cf. Slovene oblúk.


sãmtu

From Latin sānctus. Compare Romanian sânt.


cãshtigari

the act of caring for, worrying about, giving attention to


cãshtigã

From a derivative of Latin castīgō (“I chastise, reprove; correct, amend”), cf. cãshtigari. Compare Romanian câștiga.


bizelji

Probably from Ottoman Turkish بزلیه (bezelye). Compare Albanian bizele.

bor

<i class="Latn mention" lang="tr">bezelye</i>


madzãri

Possibly a substrate Paleo-Balkanic word. Compare Romanian mazăre, Albanian modhull. Alternatively, a borrowing from the Albanian.


cadenã

Ultimately from Latin catēna, through the intermediate of another language; compare Venetian cadéna, Italian catena. Cf. also cãtinã, which may have been inherited from the same source.


cãtinã

Possibly from Latin catēna. Cf. Romanian cătină. See also cadenã.


cãtinar

Compare Bulgarian катинар (katinar), катанец (katanec) (< Italian catenaccio), also Catalan cadenat, French cadenas. Ultimately from Latin catēna; cf. catēnārius and catēnātus.


pãljur

From Latin paliūrus, from Ancient Greek παλίουρος (palíouros). Compare Romanian păliur.


uspets

From Latin hospitium. Compare Romanian ospăț.


oaspi

head

oaspi m (plural oaspits, definite singular oaspili, definite plural oaspitslji, feminine singular oaspitã, definite feminine singular oaspita, feminine plural oaspiti or oaspite, definite feminine plural oaspitli)

oaspits (plural)
oaspili (definite singular)
oaspitslji (definite plural)
oaspitã (feminine singular)
oaspita (definite feminine singular)
oaspiti (feminine plural)
oaspite (feminine plural)
oaspitli (definite feminine plural)

From Latin hospes. Compare Daco-Romanian oaspete (variant oaspe).


schinari

From Late Latin spīnālis, from Latin spīna. Compare Romanian spinare, Tarantino spinale.


cheali

From Latin pellis, pellem. Compare Romanian piele.


cheaptini

From Latin pecten, pectinem. Compare Romanian pieptene.


chiaptini

From Latin pectinem. Compare Romanian pieptene.


cheatrã

chetri (plural)
chetsrã (plural)
chetsãri (plural)
chetsuri (plural)

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) Compare Romanian piatră.


cinushi

From a Vulgar Latin root *cinusia (“ash”), from Latin cinus, a less common variant of cinis. Compare Daco-Romanian cenușă, Megleno-Romanian tșănușă.


cljai

From Latin clāvis, clāvem. Compare Daco-Romanian cheie.


coarnã

From Latin corna, plural of cornum, cornus (“cornel, dogwood”), reinterpreted as a feminine singular. Compare Romanian coarnă.


cioarã

Uncertain. Possibly a substratum word of Dacian and ultimately Indo-European origin, related to Albanian sorrë, or borrowed from it; compare Daco-Romanian cioară. Also seemingly related to several Italian dialect cognates, compare Friulian çore, Calabrian ciola, Neapolitan ciàula, Tarentino ciola.


mãtasi

From Latin mataxa, from Ancient Greek μέταξα (métaxa). Compare Romanian mătase.


gutunjiu

From Latin cotōneus, from cotōneum, from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion). Compare Romanian gutui, Sicilian cutugnu.


gutunj

From Latin cotōneus, from cotōneum, from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion). Compare Romanian gutui.


gutunji

From gutunj, gutunjiu, or less likely a Vulgar Latin _ root *cotōnea, taken as a feminine singular from the plural of Latin cotōneum, ultimately from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion). Compare Daco-Romanian gutuie, Italian cotogna, Sicilian cutugna; compare Latin māla cotōnea < mālum cotōneum.


afreatsã

a kind of cake or bread, from dough baked in an oven or directly on hot coals


turtã

From Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”), but this is phonologically problematic. Compare Romanian turtă.

a kind of bread, especially a type of pita bread


vãcar

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin vaccārius. Compare Romanian văcar.


crishtinãtati

From crishtin + -ãtati or from Late Latin Christiānitās, Christiānitātem, from Latin Christiānus (“Christian”). Compare Romanian creștinătate.

inh

Christendom; the entirety of the Christian people


cripiturã

crep + -turã, or from Late Latin crepātūra, from Latin crepō. Compare Romanian crăpătură.


crishtinami

head

crishtinami f (definite articulation crishtinamea)


bunãtati

bunãtati f (plural bunãtãts, definite articulation bunãtatea)

From Latin bonitās, bonitātem, corresponding to bun + -ãtati. Compare Romanian bunătate.


scãntealji

scãntealji (plural)
scãntealje (plural)
scãntelj (plural)

From Vulgar Latin *scintilia or *scantilia, from Latin scintilla. Compare Romanian scânteie.


ranã

ranã f (plural rãnj, definite articulation rana)

From South Slavic (cf. Serbo-Croatian ра̏на/rȁna, Bulgarian рана (rana)), from Proto-Slavic *rana. Compare Daco-Romanian rană.


rãnji

From Latin arānea (“spiderweb”). Compare Daco-Romanian râie, Megleno-Romanian rănă, Galician raña, cf. also Italian rogna.


aranã

aranã f (plural arãnj, definite articulation arana)


arãnji

From Latin arānea, from or akin to Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē). Compare Romanian râie.


zgaibã

From Late Latin scabia, from Latin scabiēs. Compare Romanian zgaibă.


crutsi

crutsi f (plural cruts, definite articulation crutsea)

From Latin crux, crucem. Compare Daco-Romanian cruce.


bisearicã

bisearicã f (plural biserits, definite articulation bisearica, definite plural biseritsli)

biserits (plural)
bisearica (definite)
biseritsli (definite plural)

From Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ). Compare Romanian biserică.


cãlcãnjiu

From Latin calcāneum. Compare Daco-Romanian călcâi.


cãloari

From Latin calōrem, accusative of calor.


cãni

cãni m (plural cãnj, definite articulation cãnili, definite plural cãnjlji)

cãnj (plural)
cãnili (definite)
cãnjlji (definite plural)

From Latin canis, canem. Cognate with Daco-Romanian câine.


cãtush

equivalent cãtushi (feminine)
cãtushe (feminine)
cãtushã (feminine)

From Latin cattus, with a diminutive -ush added later.


muntean

muntean m (plural muntenj, feminine munteanã)

someone from the mountains or a mountainous region; highlander


cãrbunar

From Latin carbōnārius, equivalent to cãrbuni + -ar. Compare Daco-Romanian cărbunar.


cãtushi

From Late Latin cattus or catta, with a diminutive suffix -ushi / -ushe added later (the original root would have been *catu or *catã). Compare the Daco-Romanian cognate cătușă (“handcuffs”), which underwent further semantic change and lost the original meaning.


damaschinã

damaschinã f (plural damaschini or damaschine)

From damaschin, from Greek δαμάσκηνο (damáskino).


dimãndari

From dimãndu, Latin demandāre, present active infinitive of demandō.


firidã

From Greek θυρίδα (thyrída). Compare Bulgarian фирида (firida), Romanian firidă.


pãrinti

pãrinti m (plural pãrintsã or pãrints, definite singular pãrintili or pãrintãli, definite plural pãrintsãlj or pãrintsie)

pãrintsã (plural)
pãrints (plural)
pãrintili (definite singular)
pãrintãli (definite singular)
pãrintsãlj (definite plural)
pãrintsie (definite plural)

From Latin parentem, accusative singular of parēns. Compare Romanian părinte.


dureari

dureari f (plural dureri, definite articulation durearea)

From the verb dor, from Latin dolēre, present active infinitive of doleō. Compare Romanian durere.


ndriptati

Probably from ndreptu/ãndreptu. Other theories have included a Vulgar Latin root *direct(it)ātem, from Latin directus, though this is unlikely. Compare Romanian dreptate.


dumãnicã

Alternative spelling of Dumãnicã (“Sunday”)


purtar

poartã + -ar, or possibly from Late Latin portārius, from Latin porta. Compare Romanian portar.


spãnac

Borrowed from Greek σπανάκι (spanáki), ultimately from Persian اسپناخ (espanâx).


sufrãmtseauã

sufrãmtseauã f (plural sufrãmtseali or sufrãmtseale)

sufrãmtseali (plural)
sufrãmtseale (plural)

From a Vulgar Latin root *subfronticella, from Latin sub + frontis + diminutive suffix -ella, possibly with influence from cilia. Compare (archaic) Daco-Romanian sufruncea. Some of the variant forms reflect confusion with or influence from sprindzeanã.


giurãmintu

From Latin iūrāmentum (“oath”), corresponding to giur + -mintu. Compare Romanian jurământ.


giurat

Inherited from Latin iūrātus. Compare Romanian jurat.


giurat

giurat m (plural giurats, feminine equivalent giuratã)

giurats (plural)
equivalent giuratã (feminine)


dzãnuclju

dzãnuclju n (plural dzãnuclji or dzãnuclje)


dzinuclju

dzinuclju n (plural dzinuclji or dzinuclje)

From Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”). Compare Daco-Romanian genunchi.


dziniri

dziniri (plural)
equivalent nor (feminine)
norã (feminine)

From Latin gener. From Proto-Indo-European *ǵm̥ros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-. Compare Romanian ginere.


frãtsilji

From frati + -ilji. Compare Romanian frăție.