Where the Romanian word “jaf” comes from
From a neighbouring Slavic language.
- DEX ’98 says
Din pol. žak.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Neighbouring Slavic languages (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Polish żak
- In film dialogue
- 39 times per million words · number 1,600 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 13 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 7.4 28 20 12 6.3 - Swap in a synonym
- distrugere (Made in Romanian), răpi (Inherited Latin), jefui (Made in Romanian), pradă (Inherited Latin), furt (Inherited Latin), pagubă (Old Slavic), prăda (Inherited Latin), risipă (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
da, școală, grijă, păstra, poliție, rus, obicei, ciudat, ba, grozav, ofițer, graniță