#balkan dialect

• Highlander — A regional, ethnographic, or archaic term used to describe a person originating from a specific mountainous or border region, or a specific traditional clothing element; in some historical Balkan dialects, the word designated a nomadic shepherd or a foreign auxiliary military man. It can also appear as a rare toponym or surname within the Romanian space.
• Hedgehog hunter — A regional or popular term used in certain local dialects to designate a hedgehog hunter or a nocturnal bird of prey that frequently feeds on small mammals covered in spines; in a figurative and archaic sense, the word described a craftsman or traveling merchant who made or sold coarse brushes, beaters, or wool-carding tools whose rigid structures recalled the spines of a hedgehog.
• Gold washer — A regional or archaic term used in Transylvanian mining communities to designate a washer of auriferous sands, a seeker of alluvial gold along watercourses, or a worker in a sand quarry; in a generalized sense, the term referred to a person who manually exploited sedimentary deposits from mountain riverbeds.
• Regional grape — A regional or popular term used in certain Carpathian dialects to designate an old grape variety with small berries and rough skin or a local variety of insect harmful to grapevines; in an isolated ethnographic sense, the word could refer to a dried cluster left on the vine after the autumn harvest.
• Aromanian — A woman belonging to a historical branch of Romanians south of the Danube (Aromanians), settled in various regions of the Balkan Peninsula and Romania; (as an inanimate noun) the Aromanian idiom, sub-dialect, or dialect spoken by this population; (as an adjective) belonging to the Aromanians, relating to the culture, language, or traditions of this ethnic group.
• In Aromanian — In the language or dialect of the Aromanians; in the manner, according to the custom, or style of the Aromanians. The term is most frequently used in verbal structures related to communication to indicate the usage of the native south-Danubian Neo-Latin dialect, as well as to describe adopting a behavior specific to this community.