policar

Romanian

Alternative forms

• puricar — popular

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pollicāris. Compare Aromanian pulicar, pilicar, Megleno-Romanian pulicar and Albanian pulqer. The alternative variant puricar may have arisen by confusion with purica.

Noun

policar m (plural policari)

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   Synonym: deget mare

References

• policar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)