cioareci
Romanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnknown, but cognate with Aromanian cioaric (“cloth”) and cioariți (“woolen socks”).
Either borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چارق (çarık, “a kind of sandal”), whence also Greek τσαρούχι (tsaroúchi),[1] or derived from Paleo-Balkan. If this latter indigenous origin is correct, then the term could be seen as a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to hide, conceal”), whence Latin cutis (“skin”).[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcioareci m pl (plural only)
- a kind of Transylvanian trousers traditionally made out of wool
- socks
Declension
edit declension of cioareci (plural only)
plural | ||
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m gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (niște) cioareci | cioarecii |
genitive/dative | (unor) cioareci | cioarecilor |
vocative | cioarecilor |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ cioareci in Alexandru Ciorănescu, Dicționarul etimologic român, Tenerife: Universidad de la Laguna, 1958–66.
- ^ cioareci in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)