doină

See also: doina and Doina

Romanian

Alternative forms

• daină — regional, Transylvania

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly of Slavic origin, such as Serbo-Croatian daljina ("distance; removing, furthering, distancing"); compare the phonetic transition from Serbo-Croatian haljina to haină, and see also the semantic development of Portuguese saudade. Less likely etymologies proposed include Middle High German don, ton, from Latin tonus, or a link to Latin dolere, as moină from mollis. Alternatively, possibly from a Dacian *daina or of ancient Indo-European origin. Compare Lithuanian daina (“folk song”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoj.nə/
• Rhymes: -ojnə
• Hyphenation: doi‧nă

Noun

doină f (plural doine)

1. a class of Romanian folk songs, often melancholic and expressing sorrow, pain, longing, wistfulness or other such strong emotions

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	doină	doina		doine	doinele
genitive-dative	doine	doinei		doine	doinelor
vocative	doină, doino			doinelor

See also

• cântec