arină

See also: Appendix:Variations of "arina"

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin arēna. Compare Italian arena, rena, Sicilian rina, Portuguese areia, Aromanian arinã. Now a regional term, mostly replaced by nisip - a Slavic borrowing.

Compare arenă, a borrowed doublet.

Noun

arină f (plural arine)

  1. (archaic, rare, chiefly Transylvania) sand
    Synonym: nisip

Derived terms

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