Turkish

Where the Romanian word “para” comes from

From Turkish.

DEX ’98 says

Homonym 1 (s.f.): Din tc. para. → Turkish · DEX '98

Homonym 2 (vb.): Din fr. parer. → French · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

Turkish (same language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

Ottoman Turkish پاره ← Persian پاره

In film dialogue

11 times per million words · number 3,962 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

3.6 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
287	74	74	65	35

Swap in a synonym

sigur (Greek), ban (Unknown origin), exact (French), clar (Learned Latin), monedă (Greek), evita (French), certa (Inherited Latin), avere (Made in Romanian)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

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