șopârlă

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See also: soparla, and Șopârlă

Romanian

Etymology

Unclear. Older șopîrlă, influenced by șopîrcăi (to joke, be goofy) and năpârcă (adder), possibly from or cognate to Tosk Albanian shapinj (lizards, standard Albanian zhapinj), plural of shapi (standard zhapi) as a substratum word. Other less likely theories include a derivation of Ancient Greek σήψ (sḗps) or a Latin *sepinula.

Pronunciation

Noun

șopârlă f (plural șopârle)

  1. lizard
    Synonym: lezard m

Declension

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