caleașcă

Romanian

Etymology

From Russian коляска (koljaska), diminutive of колесо (koleso), from Old East Slavic колеса (kolesa), plural of коло (kolo), from Proto-Slavic *kolo (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlom (“circle”), *kʷékʷlos (“circle”). Cognates include English calèche, French calèche, Polish kołasa, Persian کالسکه‎.

Noun

caleașcă f (plural calești)

  1. (historical) calèche, carriage

Declension

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