Aurma
Definition
A historical term of Oriental origin designating a special tax, compensation, or sum of money collected in the past in the Romanian Principalities under Ottoman influence, often linked to successions, rural fines, or the redemption of feudal obligations. Restrictively, it appears in old chancery documents to indicate a share of inherited property.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Aurma
- Archaic feudal tax
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun, archaic decline patterns with regional plural variations. |
| Formation | Historical loanword adapted into old Romanian administrative vocabulary from Ottoman Turkish roots. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [au.r.ˈma] |
| Source | Glossary of Medieval Fiscal Terms and Southeastern European Institutions |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: În zapisul vechi se menționa că răzeșii erau scutiți de plata numită aurma pentru pământurile lăsate moștenire.
EN: In the old deed it was mentioned that the free peasants were exempt from the payment called aurma for the inherited lands.
RO: Pârcălabul a strâns o aurma grea de la negustorii care treceau granița cu mărfuri de preț în acea iarnă.
EN: The burgrave collected a heavy aurma from the merchants crossing the border with valuable goods that winter.
RO: Cronicarul notează că această aurma fusese impusă de domnitor pentru a acoperi dările urgente către Înalta Poartă.
EN: The chronicler notes that this aurma had been imposed by the ruling prince to cover urgent tributes to the Sublime Porte.
Idioms & Phrases
A plăti aurma / To pay the aurma levy
RO: Achitarea unei taxe obligatorii sau a unei penalități bănești către vornicie sau către organele fiscale ale domniei.
EN: Fulfilling an obligatory tax or financial penalty to the magistrate or the ruling prince's fiscal authorities.
Aurma moștenirii / Succession aurma / inheritance tax
RO: Darea percepută de autoritățile medievale asupra bunurilor mobile și imobile rămase de pe urma unui defunct fără urmași direcți.
EN: The tax levied by medieval authorities on personal and real property left behind by a deceased individual without direct heirs.
Zapis de aurma / Aurma receipt / tax scroll
RO: Document oficial emis de logofăt care atesta plata integrală a dării și eliberarea bunurilor sechestrate.
EN: An official document issued by the chancellor certifying the full payment of the tax and the release of seized assets.
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