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Etymology edit

From the root ش ر ش ر (š-r-š-r) meaning “to scatter”, “to spread”, “to cut into pieces”, especially said of grass and wheat; so called for its habit of eating waste grain among chaff; compare English chaffinch.

Noun edit

شُرْشُور (šuršūrm (plural شَرَاشِير (šarāšīr))

  1. Fringilla gen. et spp.

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References edit

  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 111
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “شرشور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 645

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

شرشور (transliteration neededm

  1. aggregate (the one mixed with concrete)