sarça

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See also: sarca, Sarca, Sârca, and sərçə

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia (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

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  • Hyphenation: sar‧ça

Noun

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sarça f (plural sarças)

  1. thicket
  2. blackberry bush
  3. bramble

Derived terms

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References

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  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