Editing Balaur (section)

=== In Eastern Romance ===

The word is attested in [[Daco-Romanian]] and [[Aromanian language|Aromanian]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Mihailascarlatoiu [Mihaila-Scarlatoiu] |first=Elena |date=1972 |title=Emprunts Roumains dans le Lexique Serbo-Croate |journal=Revue des Études Sud-Est Européennes |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=95–113 [101] |lang=FR}}</ref> In [[Romanian language]] the word appears with variations: ''balaoană'',<ref>{{cite journal |last=Mihailascarlatoiu [Mihaila-Scarlatoiu] |first=Elena |date=1972 |title=Emprunts Roumains dans le Lexique Serbo-Croate |journal=Revue des Études Sud-Est Européennes |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=95–113 [101] |lang=FR}}</ref> ''bălăuraş'', ''bălăurel'', ''balaurel'', ''bălăuroaică'', ''bălăuaua'', and possibly in the shorter form ''bală''.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Radu |first=Voica |title=Consideraţii etimologice privitoare la cuvântul balaur |trans-title=Some etymological considerations regarding the word "Dragon" |journal=Philologica Banatica |volume=II |date=2010 |pages=20–25 [20] |lang=RO}}</ref> Similar words are attested in [[Megleno-Romanian language|Megleno-Romanian]], e.g.,  ''bular'' 'a type of large snake' and ''bălăura'' 'large (about plums)', and in Aromanian ''bularu'' 'red snake'.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Radu |first=Voica |title=Consideraţii etimologice privitoare la cuvântul balaur |trans-title=Some etymological considerations regarding the word "Dragon" |journal=Philologica Banatica |volume=II |date=2010 |pages=20–25 [21] |lang=RO}}</ref>