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potârniche

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potârniche¹

Where it comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *peturnīcula, from a blend of Latin perdix and coturnix, with the suffix -cula. Compare Aromanian pitruniclji.

The oldest attested form may be пътꙋᵖɴике (/pəturˈnike/ or in modernised spelling păturniche), found as a surname in a document from Suceava dated to 1597. For the modern standard potârniche, note that /o/ can develop from /ə/ when preceded by a labial, as in porumb, boteza < părumb, băteza < palumbus, baptizāre. /ə/ in turn can develop from an older /e/ when preceded by a labial, as in păcurar, păcat < pecurar, pecat < pecorārius, peccātum. (From păcurar there also arose a variant pocurar.)

noun potârnichi · potârniche · potârnichea · potârnichile

  1. feminine partridge (a bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris)

Potârniche²

Where it comes from

From potârniche.

proper noun lui Potârniche

  1. masculine a surname

In English

  • partridge any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris

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@misc{pota_rniche_2026,
  title = {potârniche},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/pot%C3%A2rniche},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}