biznat

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• biznatu, binat, binatu, bisnat, bisnatu, bliznac, bliznacu

Etymology

Probably of ultimately (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  origin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *bliznьcь; compare Albanian binjak, Bulgarian близна́к (bliznák), Serbo-Croatian blizanac. The variant form binat has been proposed to derive from a Vulgar Latin *binātus as the past participle of a verb *binō, bināre ("to repeat, double"), from Latin bīnī (cf. Italian binare). However, this is unlikely. The form biznat may have been formed analogically as a singular of the original biznats, which came to be interpreted as a plural.

Adjective

biznat m (plural biznats)

1. twin

Synonyms

• dzeamin, didimarcu

Related terms

• binets