портарь

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

From Romanian portar.

Noun

портарь • (portarʹ) m inan

1. (Moldavia) gatekeeper

References

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “портарь, портар”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 198