paparudă

== Romanian == === Alternative forms === papaludă, papalugă, paparugă, păpălugă, păpărugă, păpăruză, păpăruță === Etymology === Borrowed from Bulgarian пеперуда (peperuda), of disputed etymology. There are at least three possible etymologies: from Proto-Slavic *Perunъ (“god of thunder”); from Paleo-Balkan, akin to Albanian perperonë, Greek περπερούνα (perperoúna), πεπερούδα (peperoúda), Bulgarian пеперуда (peperuda, “butterfly”); from an expressive formation that indicates a kind of small insect (e.g. butterflies, ladybugs, etc.), reflected also in Latin pāpiliō, Italian papiglione, parpaglione, Occitan parpalhon, parpalhòl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /papaˈrudə/ === Noun === paparudă f (plural paparude) (paganism) female figures in Romanian pagan mythology associated with rain-invoking rituals and fertility (paganism) rain-invoking pagan ritual during drought ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “paparudă”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026