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doar

Pronunciation: /do̯ar/

“doar” is a Romanian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

adverb

  1. just, only, merely
  2. only (exclusively)
  3. obviously, as is plain to see, after all
  4. surely
  5. Expresses the hopeful nature of an action or statement.

In Romanian

  1. (exprimă ideea unei delimitări sau restricții) numai.
  2. vezi bine, cum se știe.
  3. poate; probabil.
  4. în speranța că...
  5. (reg., la începutul unei propoziții interogative) oare?

Etymology

Probably from a reduction of the variant form doară, itself probably from Latin dē hōrā. Alternative etymologies include a Vulgar Latin construction *de volat, alteration of dē velit, or that it perhaps resulted from confusion with oare, with an interrogative function, or simply that it derives from a variant of dar (“but”).

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