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doină

doină

See also: Doina

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • daină (regional, Transylvania)

Noun

doină f ‎(plural doine)

  1. A class of Romanian folk songs, often melancholic and expressing sorrow, pain, longing, wistfulness or other such strong emotions

Declension

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dex.ro/doin%C4%83

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly of Slavic origin[1], such as Serbo-Croatian daljina ("distance; removing, furthering, distancing"); compare the phonetic transition from Serbo-Croatian haljina to haină, and see also the semantic development of Portuguese saudade. Less likely etymologies proposed include medieval German don, ton, from Latin tonus, or a link to Latin dolere, as moină from mollis. Alternatively, possibly from a Dacian *daina or of ancient Indo-European origin. Compare Lithuanian daina ‎(“folk song”).

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