Termenul „salut” în dicționarele românești din secolul al XIX-lea
The term "Hello" in Romanian dictionaries of the 19th Century

Summary/Abstract: This contribution aims at rigorously studying the definition of the concept of greeting given by the Romanian and some bilingual/multilingual dictionaries of the 19th century. It focuses on analyzing the various definitions of the concept and its synonyms, which offer the reader a view of the different ways in which the speakers of those times had upon the world. However, it is surprising that some of the dictionaries do not contain this term. Furthermore, there are many greeting forms which nowadays are out of use and others which are wrongly used, but there are many specific greeting forms presented in the articles of some dictionaries. It is also interesting to see some etymology of the greeting forms in the view of the then lexicographers. Another interesting aspect is the relationship between the meaning of the terms greeting and kissing (Romanian: salutare-sărutare). Therefore, all the meanings of this concept have a strong impact in the social and cultural field of that époque.

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