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hambar
granary (a building for storing grain) /hamˈbar/
noun#4388 most common
Also: barn, grain store
Example sentences
În sat este un hambar mare.
There is a big granary in the village.
Hambarul este plin de grâu.
The granary is full of wheat.
Țăranii au dus recolta la hambar.
The farmers took the harvest to the granary.
Șoarecii s-au ascuns în hambar peste iarnă.
The mice hid in the granary over the winter.
Bunicul meu a construit hambarul cu mâinile lui.
My grandfather built the granary with his own hands.
Hambarele satului erau goale după seceta din vara aceea.
The village's granaries were empty after that summer's drought.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hambarul | hambarele |
| Genitive | hambarului | hambarelor |
| Accusative | hambarul | hambarele |
| Vocative | hambarule | hambarelor |
Word family
grânargranary or grain-store keeper, a native-rooted near-synonym built on "grâu" (wheat)
pătulcorn crib, a smaller raised structure for drying corn
șurăbarn, a farm building for hay, tools, or animals
cămarăpantry or storeroom, a related but smaller-scale storage space
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "hambar" from Turkish "ambar", a legacy of centuries of Ottoman administrative and economic contact in the region. The Turkish word itself traces back to Persian "anbar", meaning storehouse or warehouse. Romanian added an initial "h", a common pattern when it absorbed Turkish loanwords. The word belongs to a broad layer of Ottoman-era vocabulary that entered Romanian alongside many other everyday farm and trade terms.
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