štriga

See also: striga, Striga, strigã, and strigă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian strega or from Venetan striga. However, the pronunciation points to a borrowing from Albanian shtrigë.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtrîɡa/
  • Hyphenation: štri‧ga

Noun

štrȉga f (Cyrillic spelling штри̏га)

  1. (regional) witch, hag

References

  • “štriga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtrîːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: štri‧ga

Noun

štrȋga f (Cyrillic spelling штри̑га)

  1. earwig
  2. house centipede

References

  • “štriga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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