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arushini

“arushini” is an Aromanian word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. shame, sense of decency

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Latin roseus. Probably from the verb arushinedz, itself from rushescu (“turn red, blush”), from arosh. Other explanations derive it from a Vulgar Latin root *rosinus ("rose-colored"), *russionem or *rosionem. May possibly be also from an earlier *arushiciuni, from rushescu. Compare Romanian rușine, Megleno-Romanian rușǫni.

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