țăran

See also: taran, Taran, tarań, tàrán, t-arán, and Țăran

Romanian

Etymology

From țară (“country, land”) +‎ -ean, from Latin terra (“land, earth”), or Inherited from Vulgar Latin *terriānus, from Latin terra + -iānus. Given the presence of -an- instead of -ân-, the initial form must have been *țărean.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡səˈran]
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Noun

țăran m (plural țărani, feminine equivalent țărancă)

  1. peasant, countryman
  2. hick, oaf, hillbilly
  3. (derogatory) an uneducated or brutish person

Declension

Declension of țăran
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative țăran țăranul țărani țăranii
genitive-dative țăran țăranului țărani țăranilor
vocative țăranule, țărane țăranilor

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