sciarra

See also: Sciarra

Italian

Etymology

From Sicilian sciarra, from Arabic شِجَار (šijār, “scuffle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈʃar.ra/
  • Rhymes: -arra
  • Hyphenation: sciàr‧ra

Noun

sciarra f (plural sciarre)

  1. (Sicily) fight, brawl
    Synonyms: lite f, rissa f, zuffa f

Anagrams

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • xarra (aulic form)
  • sciàrria (plural sciarri) (diaeretic)
  • 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/, [ˈʃa-], [ˈʃɛ-], [ˈʃa(ɾ)ɾa], [ˈʂɽaʐ.ʐɪ.a]
  • Hyphenation: sciàr‧ra

Noun

sciarra f (plural sciarri)

  1. fight, brawl
  2. quarrel, row, altercation, tiff, squabble, dispute

Derived terms

  • sciarrijari
  • sciarrijata
  • sciarrijatu
  • sciarrijàrisi

Descendants

  • Italian: Sciarra
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