vărzare

Forms

vărzare f (plural vărzări)^[1] A neuter variant vărzar (plural vărzare, regionally vărzaruri) and a regional verzar are also recorded.^[2][3]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian varză (“cabbage”) + -are, according to DEX, MDA2, Tiktin and Ciorănescu.^[4][2][3][5] Pascu took it instead from a Latin derivative Vulgar Latin *virdiāria, a view Ciorănescu reports without adopting;^[1] Wiktionary also calls it less likely.^[5][1] varză itself is *virdia, for viridia (“green things, greens”).^[5][6]

The same word exists south of the Danube: Aromanian virdzari.^[5][7]

Earliest recorded meaning

Tiktin dates the first record to 1637.^[3] MDA2's first record is the Lexicon de la Buda of 1825.^[2]

Semantic evolution

The word names a pie filled with cabbage, and also with onion, dill, amaranth or other greens.^[4][8] Șăineanu described it as Moldavian: cabbage pie fried in oil with onion, made in the fasting seasons and on the eves of feasts.^[9] Creangă mentions it among Christmas Eve dishes, „găluște și vărzare”.^[3] It has also become a surname, Vărzare.^[10][1]

Timeline

• 1637 – first record.^[3]
• 1825 – in the Lexicon de la Buda.^[2]

Meanings

Noun

1. (regional) A pie filled with varză, onion, dill or other vegetables, sometimes with fruit.^[4][11][1]

Related words

• varză
• Aromanian virdzari

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 1427
3. ^ a b c d e Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. vărzare
4. ^ a b c DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 1186
5. ^ a b c d Ciorănescu, Alexandru (1958–1966), Diccionario etimológico rumano, La Laguna: Universidad de La Laguna (Romanian ed.: Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române, București: Saeculum, 2001), p. s.v. varză
6. ^ Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1935), Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., Heidelberg: Winter, p. 9367
7. ^ Cunia, Tiberius (2008), Dictsiunar a limbãljei armãneascã, Editsii Timpurarã (after T. Papahagi, Ș. Mihăileanu and I. Dalametra; online at dixionline.net), p. 1088
8. ^ Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 4, 629
9. ^ Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 689
10. ^ Iordan, Iorgu (1983), Dicționar al numelor de familie românești, București: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, p. 482
11. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. vărzare