geamparale
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چالپاره (çalpara, “castanet”), from Persian چار پاره (“type of percussion instrument”, literally “four parts”)
Noun
[edit]geamparale f pl (plural only)
- a Romanian folk dance
- a musical instrument
Declension
[edit]| plural only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | geamparale | geamparalele |
| genitive-dative | geamparale | geamparalelor |
Further reading
[edit]- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “çalpara”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çalpara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük