Learn Romanian › istor
istor
learned man, scholar /isˈtor/
noun#1736 most common
Also: sage, erudite person, connoisseur
Example sentences
El este un istor.
He is a scholar.
Istorul citește cărți vechi.
The scholar reads old books.
Un istor adevărat cunoaște mai multe limbi.
A true scholar knows several languages.
Cartea istorului despre înțelepciunea antică e greu de găsit.
The scholar's book about ancient wisdom is hard to find.
Se spune că doar un istor poate desluși tainele manuscriselor uitate.
It is said that only a scholar can decipher the secrets of forgotten manuscripts.
Doar câțiva istori adevărați mai înțeleg limbajul acelor texte de mult apuse.
Only a few true scholars still understand the language of those long-vanished texts.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | istor | istori |
| Genitive | istorului | istorilor |
| Accusative | istor | istori |
| Vocative | istorule | istorilor |
Word family
Etymology
Istor came into Romanian as a bookish borrowing from Greek hístōr, meaning one who knows, a wise man or judge. That same Greek word is the ancestor of historia, inquiry into the past, which gave Romanian its far more common istorie. The word stayed rare and literary in Romanian, never becoming an everyday term.
Learn Romanian the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,027 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,027 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free