zârnă
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Disputed. May be from a pre-Roman language, such as Dacian or Thracian, comparisons having been made to the Dacian name for the black hellebore Helleborus niger, Prodiarna (diarna → zârnă). Compare Sorin Paliga, et al. The Romanian Academy in its official dictionary, the Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (1998), however, derives the word from Proto-Slavic *zьrno (“berry, grain”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zârnă f (plural zârne)
- Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum), also known as sunberry.
- Synonym: solan
Declension edit
Declension of zârnă
References edit
- zârnă in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)