zgarzo

Venetian

Alternative forms

sgarzo (obsolete)
sgarxo (obsolete)

Etymology

Uncertain etymology. Compare Italian sgarza (“heron”).

Noun

zgarzo m (plural zgarzi)

grey heron (bird of the genus Ardea)

Further reading

Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “zgarzo”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 655

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