stână

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See also: stana, stană, Stáňa, and staną

Romanian

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Etymology

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Unknown. Possibly an early borrowing from Proto-Slavic *stanъ (lodging). Compare Bulgarian стан (stan, camp), Serbo-Croatian stȃn (apartment)); Albanian stan and Greek στάνη (stáni), also borrowings from the Proto-Slavic.

The phonetics of the word show it has been in Romanian a few centuries before most of the vocabulary borrowed from Slavic languages. As such, some linguists argue it could be instead a Balkan substrate word, cognate to Albanian shtazë (animal).

Noun

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stână f (plural stâne)

  1. a summertime settlement of shepherds, consisting of the shepherds' hut, the sheepfold, and the milking area (strungă)
  2. hut (of a shepherd)
  3. sheepfold

Declension

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References

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  • Academia Română (2010), "stână" in Micul dicționar academic, second edition, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic