zău
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Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin deus (“god”), or simply a variant of Romanian zeu ("god"), a simple doublet which kept the original meaning. The semantic evolution may be due to the act of "swearing to God" to affirm something is really true.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]zău
- really, truly
- please, I beg you
- (in the context of the expression "zău așa") expresses that one affirms or swears something
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- Romanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Romanian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dyew-
- Romanian terms inherited from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian doublets
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian terms with audio links
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian interjections