coșciug
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coșciug¹
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kovъčegъ, from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qagurčaɣ) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (xuurcag), Bulgarian ковчег (kovčeg), Serbo-Croatian kovčeg.
noun coșciuge · coșciug · coșciugul · coșciugele
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coffin
Similar: sicriu
Coșciug²
Where it comes from
From coșciug.
proper noun lui Coșciug
- a surname
In English
- coffin box in which a dead person is buried
Talk about this word "coșciug." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/co%C8%99ciug. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. coșciug. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/co%C8%99ciug "coșciug." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/co%C8%99ciug.Cite this
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