zarza

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzarza/

Noun

zarza

  1. inflection of zarz:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative and accusative dual

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Spanish sarza, itself from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly Basque [Term?]. Alternatively, from Arabic شِرْس‎ (širs, “shrub with thorns”), from the root ش ر س‎ (š-r-s) related to “harshness”, “wildness”, “ill-nature”.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /ˈθarθa/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /ˈsarsa/

Noun

zarza f (plural zarzas)

  1. blackberry bush
  2. bramble (thorny shrub)

Further reading

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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