sciarra
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Italian
Etymology
From Sicilian sciarra, from Arabic شِجَار (šijār, “scuffle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sciarra f (plural sciarre)
Anagrams
Sicilian
Alternative forms
- sciàrria (plural sciarri)
- stràrria (plural strarri) (hypercorrected dialectal variant)
Etymology
From Arabic شِجَار (šijār, “scuffle”). Different from scerra, this latter a variant of sferra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɪˈaʐ.ʐa/, /ʃɪˈa.ɾːa/ (trisyllabic)
- IPA(key): /ʃaʐ.ʐa/, /ˈʃa.ɾːa/ (faster pronunciation)
- Hyphenation: sciàr‧ra
Noun
sciarra f (plural sciarri)