štriga

See also: striga, Striga, strigã, and strigă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian strega or from Venetan striga. However, the pronunciation points to a borrowing from Albanian shtrigë.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtrîɡa/
• Hyphenation: štri‧ga

Noun

štrȉga f (Cyrillic spelling штри̏га)

1. (regional) witch, hag

References

• “štriga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtrîːɡa/
• Hyphenation: štri‧ga

Noun

štrȋga f (Cyrillic spelling штри̑га)

1. earwig
2. house centipede

References

• “štriga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024