sarça

See also: Sarca

Portuguese

Etymology

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 zarza, Template:Cog, Ladino zarza.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsaɾ.sɐ/
  • Hyphenation: sar‧ça

Noun

sarça f (plural sarças)

  1. thicket
  2. blackberry bush
  3. bramble

Derived terms
  • sarça ardente

References
  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
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