Jump to content

caloian

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Romanian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic калѩнь (kaljęnĭ).

Noun

[edit]

caloian m (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) ritual clay statuette used to invoke rain

Declension

[edit]
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative caloian caloianul
genitive-dative caloian caloianului
vocative caloianule

References

[edit]
  • caloian in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN