urdă

See also: urda, urða, Urða, and -urda

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly a Dacian substratum word, akin to Albanian urdhë, or more likely derived/borrowed from it. Other theories include Turkish hurde (“yeast”) (as several shepherding-related terms derive from Turkish), or a Thracian term *urida, akin to Ancient Greek ὀρός (orós, “whey”). The word is also found in Aromanian as urdã and Megleno-Romanian as urdă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈur.də]

Noun

urdă f (uncountable)

1. a type of unripened whey cheese, similar to ricotta.

Declension

declension of urdă (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) urdă	urda
genitive/dative	(unei) urde	urdei
vocative	urdă, urdo

See also

• brânză
• caș