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bocet

“bocet” is a Romanian word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. wail, wailing; lament, cry
  2. dirge
  3. keen (prolonged wail for a dead person)

In Romanian

  1. plâns zbuciumat, însoțit de vaiete, strigăte, tânguiri; jalet, vaiet.
  2. lamentație improvizată, de obicei versificată și cântată pe o anumită melodie, care face parte din ritualul înmormântărilor (la țară); cântare de mort.

Etymology

From boci + -et, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *vōcitum, ultimately from Latin vōx. Compare Aromanian boatsit.

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