cãrleagã

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • cãrleadzi, cãrleadze

Etymology

From Latin *carnem ligat (literally “ties the meat”), indicating that meat is forbidden. Compare Romanian cârneleagă. Compare similar formations in carnival, Italian carnevale from *carnem levāre, Old Italian carasciale from *carnem laxāre, and Spanish carnestolendas (“three days preceding the beginning of Lent”) from *carnis tollendus.

Noun

cãrleagã f (plural cãrledz)

  1. the days before Easter Lent when the decision is taken to no longer eat meat

See also

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