zgarzo

Venetan

Alternative forms

  • sgarzo (obsolete)
  • sgarxo (obsolete)

Etymology

Uncertain etymology. Compare Italian sgarza (heron).

Noun

zgarzo m (plural zgarzi)

  1. grey heron (bird of the genus Ardea)

Further reading

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    Boerio, Giuseppe (1867), “zgarzo”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 655