Prăjină

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Prăjină [ prəˈʒinə ] was a Romanian measure of length and meant the rod . There was a difference in size due to the difference in the length of Stânjen between Moldavia and Wallachia .

Wallachia: 1 Prăjină = 5.8995 meters
Wallachia: 1 Prăjină = 3 Stânjeni
Moldova: 1 prăjină = 6.69 meters

literature

Marcel Emerit: Les paysans roumains, depuis le Traité d'Andrinople jusquà̓ la libération des terres (1829-1864) . Publisher Librairie du Recueil Sirey, 1937, p. 5.
DEX (Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române) ; on-line