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tânji

Pronunciation: /tɨnˈʒi/

“tânji” is a Romanian word. Its 6 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to yearn, long
  2. to sorrow
  3. to languish (be sickly)
  4. to wilt
  5. to stagnate
  6. to complain

In Romanian

  1. (v.intranz.) a se afla într-o stare de slăbiciune fizică, a fi bolnăvicios; a lâncezi.
  2. (v.intranz.) (despre plante; p.ext. despre locul unde cresc plante) a se veșteji, a se ofili.
  3. (v.intranz.) (fig.) a stagna.
  4. (v.intranz.) a suferi mult din punct de vedere moral, a se consuma, a se topi.
  5. (v.intranz.) a dori mult ceva.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic тѫжити (tǫžiti), from тѫга (tǫga, “sadness, melancholy”), from Proto-Slavic *tǫga. Not related to tânjală.

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