garça

See also: Garça

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Celtiberian *cárcia, from Proto-Celtic *korksā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾ.t͡sa/

Noun

garça f (plural garças)

heron
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 352 (facsimile):
  
  Eſte açor fillaua Garças ⁊ ãades ⁊ Betouros / ⁊ out(ra)s prijões muitas.
  This goshawk caught herons and ducks and bitterns / and many other kids of prey.

Descendants

Galician: garza
Portuguese: garça

Portuguese

garça (Ardea cinerea)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese garça, from Celtiberian *cárcia, from Proto-Celtic *korksā; akin to Welsh crychydd, Breton kerc'heiz.

Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Spanish garza, Mirandese garça and (possibly) Catalan garsa.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʁ.sɐ/ [ˈɡah.sɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾ.sɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʁ.sɐ/ [ˈɡaχ.sɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɻ.sa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾ.sɐ/

Hyphenation: gar‧ça

Noun

garça f (plural garças)

heron (any of the long-legged, long-necked wading birds of the family Ardeidae)

Descendants

Thai: กระสา (grà-sǎa)
Lao: ກະສາ (ka sā)
Khmer: ក្រសារ (krɑsaa)

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