Nistru

Romanian

Alternative forms

• Нистру (Nistru) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic Дънѣстръ (Dŭněstrŭ), of Iranian origin; see Dniester.

Compare Russian Днестр (Dnestr), Ukrainian Дністер (Dnister).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnis.tru/
• Rhymes: -istru
• Hyphenation: Nis‧tru

Proper noun

Nistru m

1. Dniester (a river in Ukraine and Moldova)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	Nistru	Nistrul
genitive-dative	Nistru	Nistrului
vocative	Nistrule