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strai

Pronunciation: /straj/

“strai” is a Romanian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. garment, clothing, garb, array
  2. bed cover

In Romanian

  1. (pop.) haină, îmbrăcăminte, veșmânt.
  2. parâmă de oțel sau de cânepă cu care se leagă partea superioară a catargului de proră.

Etymology

Uncertain, but probably from a Slavic language; cf. Polish strój (“garment, clothing, attire”), Slovene srajca (“shirt”). When entering Romanian, it may have been taken as a diminutive (cf. the form străiță), and then later evolved to its current form. Compare Aromanian stranj, stranjiu (“clothing, garment”), which may or may not be a different word (cf. however, Serbo-Croatian tranja (“rag,…

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