bucura

Etymology

 * Possibly borrowed from, but semantic difficulties exist.
 * Alternatively, a  or other Paleo-Balkanic word, akin to Albanian.
 * Another possible theory suggests a root, from , from , with meaning possibly confused with or influenced by *bacchulāre, from , and that the Albanian word simply coincides with the Romanian one.
 * It is also, contrary to folk etymology, probably not related to the name of the legendary shepherd, who according to popular belief gave his name to the capital city of Romania, ; the name itself may be a remnant of a lost pastoral word originally based on Latin (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, also 🇨🇬).

Verb

 * 1)  be / become glad or happy