hârtie

Romanian

Alternative forms

• (dated) hîrtie, хыртие (hîrtie)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Medieval Greek χαρτί (khartí)

Old Church Slavonic харътиꙗ (xarŭtija)bor.

Romanian hârtie

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic харътиꙗ (xarŭtija, “papyrus, paper”), from Medieval Greek χαρτί (khartí). Compare Bulgarian хартия (hartija), Macedonian хартија (hartija) and Serbo-Croatian хартија), Aromanian hãrtii. Cf. also the doublet carte, which has the same Ancient Greek root, but passed through Latin, as well as hartă, straight from Greek, and cartă, a later Latin borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɨrˈti.je/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

hârtie f (plural hârtii)

1. paper

   coală de hârtie ― sheet of paper

   foaie de hârtie ― sheet of paper

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	hârtie	hârtia	hârtii	hârtiile
genitive-dative	hârtii	hârtiei	hârtii	hârtiilor
vocative	hârtie, hârtio		hârtiilor

Derived terms

• hârtie igienică f
• hârțoagă

See also

• carte
• foaie
• pagină