dzamã

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• zamã

Etymology

Either from Latin zema (“saucepan”) or from Ancient Greek ζέμα (zéma, “decoction, something boiled or fermented; extract; essence”), through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *zema, likely with an Eastern Romance regional sense closer to that of the original Greek than the attested Latin term. Compare Romanian zeamă.

Noun

dzamã f (plural dzãmari / dzãmare or dzãmãri)

1. sauce (made from boiling), decoction
2. jus
3. soup, broth

Derived terms

• dzãmãturã
• dzãmos
• ndzãmedz

See also

• hirturã
• ciorbã
• supã