măgură
Romanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editOrigin unknown. Possibly from dialectal măgulă (compare Aromanian mãgulã), from Albanian magulë (“heap”), metathetic form of gamulë, or an expressive creation based on *măc- or *moc-. Other less likely theories included Latin macula or *maculum, or a Proto-Slavic *mogyla. Compare also Greek μαγούλα (magoúla, “hill”) and Latin magulum (“cheek”).
This word has also been associated with the pan-Mediterranean substrate which is allegedly reflected in Basque mokor (“lump of earth”) and Sardinian mogoro (“hill”).
Noun
editmăgură f (plural măguri)
Declension
editDeclension of măgură
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- măgură in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- măgură in Alexandru Ciorănescu, Dicționarul etimologic român, Tenerife: Universidad de la Laguna, 1958–66.