adaliu

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اطه‌لو (adalı), from آطه (ada, island), from Proto-Turkic *ātag (island).

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Noun[edit]

adaliu m (plural adalii)

  1. (dated, Muntenia) islander, inhabitants of the Danube islands, specifically those of Ada Kaleh
    • 1902, V. A. Urechia, Istoria Românilor, tomul X. partea B[1], page 57:
      Nu toțĭ panduriĭ necredincioși Domnieĭ, aliațĭ aĭ Adaliilor fură răpușĭ de oștirile turcescĭ.
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