paparudă

Etymology
, of disputed etymology.

There are at least three possible etymologies:
 * 1) from ;
 * 2) from, akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬;
 * 3) from an expressive formation that indicates a kind of small insect (e.g. butterflies, ladybugs, etc.), reflected also in 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬,.

Noun

 * 1)  female figures in Romanian pagan mythology associated with rain-invoking rituals and fertility
 * 2)  rain-invoking pagan ritual during drought