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tărâm

realm, land (especially the far-off, story-book kind) /təˈrɨm/

noun#4474 most common

Also: domain, world (as in "the other world")

Example sentences

Acesta este un tărâm frumos.
This is a beautiful land.
Copiii citesc povești despre un tărâm îndepărtat.
The children read stories about a distant land.
În basm, eroul călătorește spre un tărâm necunoscut.
In the fairy tale, the hero travels to an unknown land.
Tărâmul de gheață din poveste ascundea un secret vechi.
The icy realm in the story hid an old secret.
Poetul evocă un tărâm mitic, unde timpul pare să stea pe loc.
The poet evokes a mythical realm, where time seems to stand still.
Filosofii au descris moartea ca pe o trecere spre un alt tărâm, dincolo de înțelegerea noastră.
Philosophers described death as a passage to another realm, beyond our understanding.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativetărâmtărâmuri
Genitivetărâmuluitărâmurilor
Accusativetărâmtărâmuri
Vocativetărâmuletărâmurilor

Word family

tărâmland, realm
tărâmurilands, realms (plural)
celălalt tărâmthe other world (euphemism for the afterlife)

Etymology

The origin of "tărâm" is not settled. Romanian dictionaries generally mark it as being of obscure origin, with some tracing it to the Cuman language, an extinct Turkic tongue once spoken in parts of what is now Romania. It is not a Latin inheritance, which sets it apart from most core Romanian vocabulary. The word entered literary use mainly through folk tales, where it names distant or magical lands.

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