ciănușă

Megleno-Romanian

Alternative forms

• tșănușă, cinușă

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cinusia, from Latin cinus, a less common variant of Latin cinis (“ashes”). Compare to Aromanian cinushi, tsinushã, Romanian cenușă.

Noun

ciănușă f

1. ash
2. cinder

References

• Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske