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adia

Pronunciation: /a.diˈa/

“adia” is a Romanian word. Its meaning in English:

verb

  1. to blow softly, puff

In Romanian

  1. (v.intranz.) (despre vânt) a sufla lin, ușor; (rar) a aburi; (despre miros) a veni în unde ușoare.
  2. (v.intranz.) (fig.) a cânta cu glas stins.
  3. (v.tranz.) (reg.) a mângâia, a atinge ușor.
  4. (v.intranz.) (reg.) a clătina, a mișca ușor.

Etymology

Either from a Vulgar Latin root *adiliare, from Latin ilia or more likely from a Vulgar Latin root *adoliāre, from Latin adolēre (“burn; hence turn to vapor”), possibly through an early Romanian form *aduia. Another theory suggests a Latin root *aduliāre, from adulārī.

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