geamparale
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چالپاره (çalpara, “castanet”), from Persian چار پاره (“type of percussion instrument”, literally “four parts”)
Noun edit
geamparale f pl (plural only)
- a Romanian folk dance
- a musical instrument
Declension edit
declension of geamparale (plural only)
| plural | ||
|---|---|---|
| f gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (niște) geamparale | geamparalele |
| genitive/dative | (unor) geamparale | geamparalelor |
Further reading edit
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “çalpara”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çalpara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük