librari

Librari is a Romanian plural noun meaning booksellers—the people who own or work in bookstores. The singular form is librar, and the related place is librărie, a bookstore; the plural of the place is librării (often written without diacritics as librarii).

Etymology and form: The term derives from the same root as libraire-related words for books, with the Romanian base libr- meaning book. It combines the agentive suffix -ar (as in librar, the bookseller) with the place-name suffix -ie to form librărie (bookstore). The unaccented spelling librarii is commonly used in texts that omit diacritics.

Usage and distinctions: Librari are the people who sell books in a bookstore or who work in such shops. This is distinct from bibliotecari, who are librarians working in libraries. The word is used in everyday Romanian to refer to booksellers or staff of small, independent bookstores, and it often appears in discussions of local commerce or literary culture.

Regional and language notes: In Romanian, the everyday term for a bookstore itself is librărie, not to be confused with a library, which is bibliotecă. In English, librari is not a standard word; the corresponding English terms are booksellers (plural) and librarian for library staff. The Romanian forms with diacritics (librărie, librărie, librari) reflect typical Romanian spelling and pronunciation conventions.