Moldovan-Romanian dictionary

Moldovan-Romanian dictionary

The Moldovan-Romanian dictionary ("Dicţionar Moldovenesc-Românesc") is a dictionary compiled by Vasile Stati and published in Chişinău, Moldova, in 2003 that contains 19,000 Moldovan words that are explained in Romanian. Its publishing was followed by a wave of criticism both in the Republic of Moldova and in Romania.

The concept of a dictionary might have come when the Romanian president, Ion Iliescu, said that he would believe that Moldovan is a different language from Romanian when he had a Moldovan-Romanian dictionary in his hands.

The dictionary includes:
* words that are common in Romanian, thus, are clearly not Moldovan-only;
* regional words found in Moldova, most of which are also used in the neighbouring Romanian region of Moldova
* archaic Romanian words, taken from various old documents, which are no longer in use in Romania;
* Russian words, some of which are part of the current Moldovan language, some of which are rarely used;
* words that cannot be found in any other source and were allegedly invented by the author of the dictionary.

References

* [http://www.contrafort.md/2003/105-106/570.html Un monument al minciunii şi al urii - 'Dicţionarul moldovenesc-românesc' al lui Vasile Stati] in "Contrafort" magazine, no. 7-8 (105-106) / July-August 2003
* [http://www.revista22.ro/html/index.php?art=589&nr=2003-09-08 "Se sparie gândul..."] in "22" magazine, no. 704 / 2 September -8 September 2003
* [http://www.jurnal.md/articol.php?id=495&cat=1&editie=189 Un dunduc cu funduc] in "Jurnal de Chişinău"


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