valah
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Walache, from Russian волох (volox), from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, itself of Germanic origin. Used mostly as an exonym by other peoples for Romanian or Eastern Romance-speaking peoples in the Middle Ages. Compare român for the endonym. See also Aromanian vlah, Megleno-Romanian Vlași. Doublet of vlah and olah.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvalah m (plural valahi, feminine equivalent valahă)
Declension
editDeclension of valah
Adjective
editvalah m or n (feminine singular valahă, masculine plural valahi, feminine and neuter plural valahe)
Declension
editDeclension of valah
Related terms
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- Romanian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Romanian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Romanian terms derived from Gothic
- Romanian terms borrowed from German
- Romanian terms derived from German
- Romanian terms derived from Russian
- Romanian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Romanian terms derived from Germanic languages
- Romanian doublets
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- Romanian adjectives