sarça

See also: sarca, Sarca, Sârca, and sərçə

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”).

Cognate with Asturian, Spanish, and Ladino zarza.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaʁ.sɐ/ [ˈsah.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaʁ.sɐ/ [ˈsah.sɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɾ.sɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsaʁ.sɐ/ [ˈsaχ.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɻ.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɾ.sɐ/

• Hyphenation: sar‧ça

Noun

sarça f (plural sarças)

1. thicket
2. blackberry bush
3. bramble

Derived terms

• sarça ardente