cioareci
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown, but cognate with Aromanian cioaric (“cloth”) and cioariți (“woolen socks”).
Either borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چارق (çarık, “a kind of sandal”), whence also Greek τσαρούχι (tsaroúchi),[1] or derived from Paleo-Balkan. If this latter indigenous origin is correct, then the term could be seen as a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to hide, conceal”), whence Latin cutis (“skin”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cioareci m pl (plural only)
- a kind of Transylvanian trousers traditionally made out of wool
- socks
Declension
[edit]| plural only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | cioareci | cioarecii |
| genitive-dative | cioareci | cioarecilor |
| vocative | cioarecilor | |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ cioareci in Alexandru Ciorănescu, Dicționarul etimologic român, Tenerife: Universidad de la Laguna, 1958–66.
- ^ cioareci in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)