policar
Romanian
Alternative forms
- puricar — popular
Etymology
Inherited from Latin pollicāris. Compare Aromanian pulicar, pilicar, Megleno-Romanian pulicar and Albanian pulqer. The alternative variant puricar may have arisen by confusion with purica.
Noun
policar m (plural policari)
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- Synonym: deget mare
References
- “policar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025