vlah

• vlahu

Borrowed from a surrounding language (compare Greek Βλάχος (Vláchos), Serbo-Croatian Vlah, Bulgarian влах (vlah), Old Church Slavonic влахъ (vlaxŭ)), from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz, used as an exonym by other peoples for Eastern Romance speakers. Finally from the name of a Celtic tribe, the Volcae, the tribe's name has been linked to an animal, possibly ultimately from Proto-Celtic *wolkos (“hawk”) (cf. the personal names Gaulish Catuvolcus and Welsh Cadwalch (literally “Battle-hawk”)) or alternatively (but less likely) Proto-Celtic *ulkʷos (“wolf”), in turn from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Cf. also Megleno-Romanian Vlași, a self-designation, and Romanian valah. See also armãn, the endonym for the people, more commonly used.

vlah m (feminine vlahã, plural vlahi, feminine plural vlahi or vlahe)

1. Aromanian, Vlach

• armãn

• vlãhescu
• vlãheashti / vlãheashte
• vlahuhoarã

• vlãhut

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic влахъ (vlaxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *walhaz. Doublet of valah and olah.

vlah m (plural vlahi)

1. Vlach, Romanian
2. Wallachian

vlah m or n (feminine singular vlahă, masculine plural vlahi, feminine and neuter plural vlahe)

1. Vlach, Romanian
2. Wallachian