țărână

• țărînă — old orthography

From țară + -ână or Vulgar Latin terrīna, ultimately from terra (cf. the adjective terrēnus (“of the earth”); compare French terrine). Compare Ukrainian царина (caryna).

• IPA^(key): /t͡səˈrɨ.nə/

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țărână f (plural țărâne)

1. tilled land, field under cultivation
2. the top layer of the Earth's crust
3. the remnants of a dead body in the ground, such as bones, dust, ashes, etc

• pământ

• “țărână”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025