asân

See also: asan, asán, āsān, and асан

Romanian

Alternative forms

• asîn — 1953–1993 spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Latin asinus, with this form used primarily in the 16th to 18th centuries (and thus written mostly in the Cyrillic alphabet), later altered into a more (re-) Latinized form asin in the 19th century.

Noun

asân m (plural asâni)

1. Obsolete form of asin (“donkey”).

Further reading

• asân in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)