mătanie

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic метаниꙗ (metanija, “bow”), from Greek μετάνοια (metánoia, “repentence”). Compare Bulgarian метание (metanie).

• IPA^(key): (prescribed) /məˈta.ni.e/, (most common) /məˈta.nje/
• Rhymes: -anie, -anje
• Hyphenation: mă‧ta‧ni‧e

mătanie f (plural mătănii or (obsolete) metanii)

1. (now religion only) genuflection or bowing in reverence

   Synonyms: aplecare, închinăciune, îngenunchere, plecăciune, temenea

2. (plural only) prayer beads

• “mătanie”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025