zgarzo

Venetan

Un zgarzo

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

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