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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From šára or Proto-Turkic *siāŕgan (compare Turkish sazan (“carp”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
šàran m (Cyrillic spelling ша̀ран)
- carp
- Synonym: krap
Declension
Further reading
- “šaran”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Etymology 2
From šára + -an.
Pronunciation
Adjective
šȃran (Cyrillic spelling ша̑ран)
- motley
Further reading
- “šaran”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024