See also: parau, paráu, pârău, Pârâu, and Pārau

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Unknown. Influenced by râu (river), compare Megleno-Romanian păroi. Possibly from a Slavic language (compare Bulgarian порой (poroj)). Alternative theories suggest Albanian përrua, Thracian *parau(t) and Greek *παρροή (*parroḯ), from παραρροή (pararroḯ).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pârâu n (plural pâraie or pârâuri)

  1. stream; creek; brook

Declension edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ “Archived copy”, in (please provide the title of the work)[1], accessed 22 September 2012, archived from the original on 2013-01-02