băcan
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈkan/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بقال (bakkal), from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl).
Noun
băcan n (plural băcane, feminine equivalent băcăneasă or băcăniță)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | băcan | băcanul | băcane | băcanele | |
| genitive-dative | băcan | băcanului | băcane | băcanelor | |
| vocative | băcanule | băcanelor | |||
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بقم (bakam, bakkam), from Arabic بَقَّم (baqqam).
Noun
băcan n (uncountable)
- the wood and red dye and plant of some trees such as Haematoxylum campechianum, bloodwood, brazilwood
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | băcan | băcanul |
| genitive-dative | băcan | băcanului |
| vocative | băcanule | |
Further reading
- “băcan”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025