arină
See also: arina, -arina, ärinä, árina, arīna, arinã, and Arina
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin arēna; compare Aromanian arinã, Italian arena, rena, Sicilian rina, Portuguese areia. Now a largely regional term and mostly replaced by nisip, a Slavic borrowing. Compare arenă, a borrowed doublet.
Noun
arină f (plural arine)
- (archaic, rare, chiefly Transylvania) sand
Synonyms
- nisip
Related terms
- arinos