farfurie

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from vulgar Ottoman Turkish فافوری (fafuri) (vs. standard فغفوری (fağfuri, “emperor of China; china”)),[1] from Persian فغفور (faġfur).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [far.fuˈri.e]
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Noun

farfurie f (plural farfurii)

  1. plate
  2. (obsolete) porcelain

Declension

Declension of farfurie
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative farfurie farfuria farfurii farfuriile
genitive-dative farfurii farfuriei farfurii farfuriilor
vocative farfurie, farfurio farfuriilor

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Emil Suciu, “Contacts linguistiques : turc et roumain”, Romanische Sprachgeschichte: Ein internationales Handbuch zur Geschichte der romanischen Sprachen, vol. 2, eds. Gerhard Ernst et al. (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2006), 1673-6.
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