ciănușă

Megleno-Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cinusia,[1] from Latin cinus, a less common variant of Latin cinis (ashes). Compare to Aromanian cinushi, tsinushã, Romanian cenușă.

Noun

ciănușă f

  1. ash
  2. cinder

References

  • Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske