ajun

Assan

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaʒ ("I") + -un.

Pronoun

ajun

  1. we (first-person plural subjective)

Romanian

Etymology

Probably from Latin iēiūnium or iēiūnus through a Vulgar Latin root *iaiūnus > *aiūnus, from Proto-Italic *jagjūnos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-, adjectival form of *Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- (“to sacrifice”). Compare Spanish ayuno, French jeun, jeûne, also Italian digiuno. The equivalent Aromanian word agiun also carries the sense of 'starving', 'hungry'.

Noun

ajun n (plural ajunuri)

  1. fast, fasting (abstaining from or eating very little food)
  2. the day before a holiday when people fast, or in general the day before any event; eve

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