sarça

See also: sarca, Sarca, Sârca, and sərçə

Portuguese

Etymology

From Paleo-Hispanic (compare Basque sasi, earlier çarzi). Alternatively, from Arabic شَرَا (šarā, “plant with thorns”), from سَارَاسَا (sārāsā, “to be evil, vicious”).[1]

Cognate with Asturian, Spanish, and Ladino zarza.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: sar‧ça

Noun

sarça f (plural sarças)

  1. thicket
  2. blackberry bush
  3. bramble

Derived terms

  • sarça ardente

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, volume II, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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