carboavă

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian карбованець (karbovanecʹ), from Polish karbowaniec, from karbowany pieniądz (“coin with notches on the edge”), from karbować (“to notch, crimp”), from the Middle High German kerben (“to notch”), from Proto-Germanic *kerban-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”).

Noun

carboavă f (plural carboave)

1. (historical) one ruble silver coin

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	carboavă	carboava		carboave	carboavele
genitive-dative	carboave	carboavei		carboave	carboavelor
vocative	carboavă, carboavo			carboavelor