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Polish
Etymology
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Particularly: “Krasnowolski draws a connection to Middle German saro, "armor". Seems possible, but what is the exact route?”
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Pronunciation
Noun
gzara f
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń or in the plural, Kociewie) low-quality clothes
- (Kuyavia, in the plural) crap, junk; equipment, old clothes
- (Far Masovian, in the plural) household items; furniture
Further reading
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “gzary”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “gzara”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 303
- Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “gzary”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 109
- Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “gzary”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 152