gharsa

Galician

Etymology

From Hispano-Celtic *cárcia; akin to Welsh crychydd, Breton kerc'heiz.

Cognate with Spanish garza, Mirandese garça, Asturian garza, Portuguese garça and (possibly) Catalan garsa.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaɾθɐ]
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): [ˈħaɾs̺ɐ]

Noun

gharsa f (plural gharsas)

1. Eye dialect spelling of garza (“heron”).

   Synonym: ghanza

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gharsa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega