צרצר

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
צ־ר־צ־ר (ts-r-ts-r)
2 terms

Cognate with Arabic صَرْصَر (ṣarṣar), صُرْصُر (ṣurṣur) and صُرْصُور (ṣurṣūr) with similar meaning. Presumably onomatopoeic, from the sound the insect makes.

Noun

צְרָצַר • (tsratsár) m (plural indefinite צִרְצָרִים, singular construct צִרְצַר־, plural construct צִרְצְרֵי־)

1. cricket (an insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs)

Related terms

• צַרְצוּר (tzartzúr)

Further reading

• צרצר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he