arină

See also: Appendix:Variations of "arina"

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin arēna. Compare Italian arena, rena, Sicilian rina, Portuguese areia, Aromanian arinã. Now a largely regional term and mostly replaced by nisip, a Slavic borrowing. Compare arenă, a borrowed doublet.

Noun

arină f (plural arine)

1. (archaic, rare, chiefly Transylvania) sand

   Synonym: nisip

Derived terms

• arinos